The Oceans Between Us Published by Headline by Gill Thompson
on March 21, 2019
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 432
Format: ARC, eBook
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Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel.
For readers of Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, The Letter by Kathryn Hughes, and Remember Me by Lesley Pearse.
A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid.She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious.
As the little boy waits in the orphanage, he hopes his mother will return.But then he finds himself on board a ship bound for Australia, the promise of a golden life ahead, and wonders: how will she find him in a land across the oceans?
In Perth, a lonely wife takes in the orphaned child. But then she discovers the secret of his past. Should she keep quiet? Or tell the truth and risk losing the boy who has become her life?
Oh, this book is heartbreaking. But, SO amazingly done.
There’s an air raid, during the blitz, that leaves Molly injured and with no memory–only a feeling of something missing.
Meanwhile, in an orphanage is a little boy waiting for his mother. Unfortunately–and based on real events–the boy is sent to Australia after the war with many other children.
I won’t give away any more of the plot. This is one that you have to read and soak in. But, as a mother, I can say I was anxious for so much of this book.
One of the joys of reading, for me, is when a story has the ability to bring the reader into it and you feel a part of the story–like you’re there. But that can be bittersweet in a story like this where you’re not sure of the ending and it breaks your heart a little bit each page.
The fact that this story was based around events that actually happen just breaks my heart even more.
Gill Thompson did an amazing job of bringing the reader into her story and enlightening the reader as to events that should be remembered.
A wonderful, powerful story that I’d recommend across the board.
