Salt to the Sea

How did I not know this happened? I wonder how many people thought that and immediately Googled it to find out more. It's shocking that this disaster is not well known, especially given the amount of lives lost. It's so tragic. Ruta Sepetys has a way of telling a good story but in such a stark and brutal way, it's not done to have shock value but to simply show that it was that horrific and it did happen. Well worth a read but be prepared to read some pretty awful things.