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Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry intertwines the lives of Everly Winthrop, a modern art historian, and Lilly Forsyth and Augusta Longstreet, two women who boarded the steamship Pulaski in 1838. As Everly curates an exhibit on the recently discovered shipwreck, she uncovers the harrowing experiences and choices faced by the 19th-century characters, mirroring her own journey through loss and healing. Surviving Savannah contains descriptions of domestic violence, sexual assault, slavery, racism, murder, and the death of a small child.