Travel Agent Turns Novelist with Cruise Line Saga "Queen’s Hostess"
Foster City, CA, February 01, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Author Betsey Shapiro has the inside scoop about cruise ships. And she’s taken her industry knowledge, garnered from 25 years of working at cruise lines and as a travel agent, and written a fictional account of a historic cruise line and its colorful crew.
Shapiro’s debut novel, “Queen’s Hostess,” is a sweeping saga that follows the life, travels and loves of Annie Moore, the longest continuous employee of a cruise company, the fictional Queen’s Line. The story follows Moore from her first assignment, in 1962 as a novice Lady Assistant Purser on a traditional ocean liner, to her rise as Social Hostess on a 21st Century mega-cruise ship. The author’s industry knowledge provides a little-known, behind-the-scenes inside glimpse of the operations of a cruise ship.
“I’ve always found the stories of the crew and staff members on the cruise ships to be as fascinating as the guests onboard. Ocean liners have such a rich tradition and history. I wanted to share those stories about how the ships and the companies have changed over the years,” said Betsey.
Betsey Shapiro is a travel agent who also works at the Port of San Francisco assisting cruise guests and providing sightseeing tours. If you’re on a cruise in San Francisco, be sure to drop by and say hello.
“Queen’s Hostess” can be purchased online at www.lulu.com/betseyshapiro, or at http://betseyshapiro.googlepages.com ISBN 978-0-9724705-3-7. LCCN 2008900569.
For more information about Queen’s Line visit http://queensline.googlepages.com
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Shapiro’s debut novel, “Queen’s Hostess,” is a sweeping saga that follows the life, travels and loves of Annie Moore, the longest continuous employee of a cruise company, the fictional Queen’s Line. The story follows Moore from her first assignment, in 1962 as a novice Lady Assistant Purser on a traditional ocean liner, to her rise as Social Hostess on a 21st Century mega-cruise ship. The author’s industry knowledge provides a little-known, behind-the-scenes inside glimpse of the operations of a cruise ship.
“I’ve always found the stories of the crew and staff members on the cruise ships to be as fascinating as the guests onboard. Ocean liners have such a rich tradition and history. I wanted to share those stories about how the ships and the companies have changed over the years,” said Betsey.
Betsey Shapiro is a travel agent who also works at the Port of San Francisco assisting cruise guests and providing sightseeing tours. If you’re on a cruise in San Francisco, be sure to drop by and say hello.
“Queen’s Hostess” can be purchased online at www.lulu.com/betseyshapiro, or at http://betseyshapiro.googlepages.com ISBN 978-0-9724705-3-7. LCCN 2008900569.
For more information about Queen’s Line visit http://queensline.googlepages.com
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