In 1935, a powerful hurricane in the Florida Keys forever changed the lives of three women. “The Last Train to Key West” is a chronicle of extraordinary women’s destinies—multi-colored, many-sided, and all-encompassing.
In Key West the sun always shines, but sometimes paradise for one person is a prison for another. That was true for Helen Berner, who dreamed of leaving her native land.
Myrta Perez married for convenience, and soon after the wedding the couple went on a romantic trip. Under the blazing sun of the Florida Keys, Myrta’s feelings blossomed like a flower.
And Elizabeth Preston came to Key West to save her once-wealthy family from collapse.
Life goes on whether we worry about it or not. It’s not by accident that it connects destinies—and it was in those days before the storm that Helen, Myrta, and Elizabeth realized they had much more in common than they ever thought.