I read this book at night when I couldn’t sleep. I did really enjoy the book, it had some twists and turns to it, it does have quite a bit about the British Home Children. Some of the children taken due to their parents no longer able to take care of them or they passed away and the children had no relatives to step forward and take care of them. When they arrive in Canada, they are either adopted or given to farmers, etc. to serve as indentured servants. Grace McAlister finds a small trunk in her attic with belongings that came with her when her parents adopted her. She finds the name of the place where she stayed until she was placed with her parents. She really wants to find her family members. Then a brother showed up on her doorstep. Her parents don’t want to believe she has family members and even a Mother who was alive and they throw him out. She is about to be presented to society as a girl ready to marry, marry the man who has be best family even if she doesn’t like or love him. So, when Garth and his buddy show up at the ball, they sneak her away from her family to take her back to natural family. There are other’s who are involved in this story and it is quite a tale. This is the second book in the series, the first in this saga was “No Ocean Too Wide”. I never read the first book and don’t believe you have to read it in order to understand and follow this story. It’s a sweet romance, with mystery and history thrown in. I do recommend this book if this is your type of read.
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Description as found on NetGalley.com:
A family long divided, a mysterious trunk, and a desperate journey across the ocean—all in the name of love. The epic saga of the McAlisters continues in this riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide.
In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she is fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past are kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover the truth?
After enduring hardship as an indentured British Home Child, Garth McAlister left Canada to serve in World War I. His sweetheart, Emma Lafferty, promised to wait for his return, but after three long years apart, her letters suddenly stopped. When Garth arrives home from the war to unexpected news, he is determined to return to Canada once more on a daunting mission to find the two women he refuses to abandon—his long-lost sister and his mysteriously missing sweetheart.
