The Oceans Between Us: A Gripping and Heartwrenching Novel of a Mother's Search for Her Lost Child During Ww2

By Gill Thompson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472257960
• ISBN13: 9781472257963
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Headline
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Historical Fiction

This is a historical fiction book that is all about orphaned child that is from London being sent to Australia from a better life, but of course they did not get that better life. I have to say there is also a lot about Whites dating Blacks in the book to. I did like this book, but it did not hard my heart hard like some historical fiction. I found some parts boring. The characters where not super developed to me, and I did not care about the characters like some other historical fiction books I have read. I do love some things this book covers, but I just wish those items was covered better. I would say overall it was just ok. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.