The Ones We re Meant to Find and Luck of the Titanic don t seem to have a lot in common. One of these books is set in an imagined future, and the other represents a potential past. Though the protagonists of both are part of the Asian diaspora, their concerns are divided by hundreds of years of social upheaval and climate catastrophe. But as I read, I began to realize that they somehow bear surprising thematic connections: Siblings who are divided by differing values but yearn to support one another. Worlds where privilege casts a long shadow but the struggle for survival becomes universal. Boats with names that ultimately don t bear our protagonists to the end of their journeys.
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âThe I-95 of the East Coast waterwaysâ
A history of Island local trade commodities.
Whaleship Splendid at Osborn s Wharf, circa 1872, in Edgartown. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Schooners in Vineyard Haven Harbor with goods to trade. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Schooner Alice S. Wentworth in the 1920s. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
A schooner unloading wood for trade. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
The brickworks operation in Chilmark used clay from along the north shore. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Most of the products from the brickyard were shipped to the mainland. â Courtesy M.V. Museum
Sheep grazing on a West Tisbury pasture, circa 1900. â Courtesy M.V. Museum