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?
This magnificent, moving novel, set in London and Australia, is testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472257963
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 320 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 48 mm
I loved this book. I found it really well written, engaging and informative ref several issues society faced from WW2 on. The main topic was the shipping of children to Australia, the false hopes given told &... More
Oh I enjoyed this book so so much! I adore books that transport me to another time and place, and ‘The Oceans Between Us’ certainly did that. It’s a book that pulls on all the heart strings, even the coldest of... More
This is a beautifully written book opening up an area of quite shocking recent history. It is something that I only recently became aware of when I visited an exhibition in London about child migration to the then... More
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