A Bridge Across the Ocean

By Susan Meissner

Book Overview

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women--past and present--in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War.

February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French R sistance spy.

Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark...

Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides--and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 045147600X
• ISBN13: 9780451476005
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Unusual, but a good read.

This is not your everyday WWII novel, and if you're seeking a Pam Jenoff/Jennifer Robson sort of read, this may not be for you. If the paranormal is not something you want to read about, then move on to another of Meissner's books or to another author if you prefer. Since no one has been writing reviews on this, it is hard to determine why it has only 3.5 stars. It is a 4-star book (perhaps 4.5) so I can only guess that is is some sort of disappointment in readers who were not expecting the modern day element to take up so much of the story, and/or readers who (like me) do not believe in or have interest about the paranormal. Since the paranormal is not something you would expect in a WWII novel, they may have felt it did not meet their standard beyond the rating. However, I assure you that the book is well written and is an enjoyable read that does not waste time you wish you could have back. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.