Surviving Amelia

by Naomi Rand

Forty-year old Amelia Earhart is lost on an island in the Pacific, yet finds herself resurrected in her sister Muriel’s study just outside of Boston. Seventy-nine-year-old Muriel is reeling from the double loss of a son and a husband. Seventeen-year old Sam Barry, winner of the Amelia Earhart Scholarship, is just beginning her life as a coed, trying her best to separate from her needy mother and her dysfunctional family. Their lives intersect in surprising ways, and long buried secrets come to light, revealing the special, powerful intimacy women share, whether they are siblings, best friends, or mothers and daughters.

226 pages, Paperback

First published September 16, 2025

Reviews

[Jennifer Malenius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating perspective

So true that people think they know famous people, but only know the persona. This was a refreshing perspective, a sister, a lover, and people who only knew the persona and how they come together and form bits and pieces of the possible truths. Plus, is she real? Do you believe in ghosts?
I won this book on a goodreads.com giveaway.

[Pam Cunningham · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was a very good book. There will always be the mystery about Amelia Earhart until somebody finds her body. I like that the book gave some sort of backgrounf with her and her family.

[Brandie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book, interesting, different. I won it on Goodreads.