{"id":27308,"date":"2023-02-11T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/?p=27308"},"modified":"2023-02-10T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:52:33","slug":"titanic-and-me-and-the-1997-movie-and-how-my-irish-grandmother-helped-me-write-my-ship-of-dreams-story-by-jina-bacarr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/titanic-and-me-and-the-1997-movie-and-how-my-irish-grandmother-helped-me-write-my-ship-of-dreams-story-by-jina-bacarr\/","title":{"rendered":"Titanic and Me and the 1997 Movie and how my Irish grandmother helped me write my Ship of Dreams story by Jina Bacarr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Once upon the ship of dreams… me dressed as a first class lady<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Can you believe it’s 25 years since James Cameron’s TITANIC film hit the theaters?<\/p>\n

And guess what, it’s back in theaters t<\/em>his weekend!!<\/p>\n

I’ve seen all the Titanic films — even the one made in German — but the 1997 film is an event to be enjoyed over and over again.<\/p>\n

So I have a question, will you go back to the in-person theater and see it again?<\/p>\n

OR: enjoy it once more in your own home?<\/p>\n

I’d love to know how you feel about seeing it again in the theater.<\/p>\n

Jina (dressed as a Titanic First Class lady)<\/em><\/p>\n

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And if you can’t enough TITANIC, check out THE RUNAWAY GIRL — my Titanic love story starring Ava O’Reilly, my Irish heroine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had no problem writing an Irish heroine.<\/p>\n

When I was a little girl, I lived with my Irish grandmother for a while and I remember sitting at the big, wooden table with her as she added flour, milk, and herbs to leftover mashed spuds for potato cakes, or wound her blue rosary beads around her gnarled fingers while she spun tales about life in Ireland. Grand times they were, and a lovely thread woven through the quilt of my childhood.<\/p>\n

Meet Ava O\u2019Reilly, in THE RUNAWAY GIRL, a girl who wants to better herself by reading books but it\u2019s forbidden to the servants in the grand house in Ireland where she\u2019s in service.<\/p>\n

Then when she\u2019s wrongly accused of stealing a diamond bracelet, she escapes.<\/p>\n

To the Titanic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And every tale I\u2019d heard at my grandmother\u2019s knee, every book I\u2019d read, every film about the ship of dreams I\u2019d watched over and over again became the fodder for telling my own story about the Titanic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Based on my girlhood and love of books.<\/p>\n

And the sea.<\/p>\n

And yes, romance, too.<\/p>\n

And how an Irish girl makes a daring choice on that fateful night when the Titanic<\/em> hits an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. that changes her life forever\u2026<\/p>\n

Super Romance Sale now until February 15th on #Kobo #Audiobook THE RUNAWAY GIRL is $9.99 AUDIOBOOK<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/audiobook\/the-runaway-girl-2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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