The Ship of Brides
A Novel
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 28, 2014
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and Someone Else's Shoes, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures.
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- Who it’s for
- A wartime promise meets an unfamiliar crossing in this story of brides bound for England.
- Genres
- Post–World War II Fiction, World War II & Holocaust, 20th-Century Historical Romance
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, October 28, 2014
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and Someone Else's Shoes, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures. 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime.
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In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England—aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers. Rules are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier’s captain down to the lowliest young deckhand. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined despite the Navy’s ironclad sanctions. And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted—forever.
Across Unknown Waters
A wartime promise meets an unfamiliar crossing in this story of brides bound for England.
Come here for
- A postwar voyage shared by war brides and naval officers
- Historical fiction shaped by enforced rules and unsettled futures
Expect
- A crowded sea voyage with lives that cross despite strict Navy rules
- A young woman facing a past that follows her far from home
Where it sits
| World War II & Holocaust | 63% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century Historical Romance | 56% |
| Post–World War II Fiction | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- 20th-Century Historical Romance
- Military Romance
- Authors
- Jojo Moyes, Nicolette McKenzie, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- October 28, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction