**Between the years of 1869 to 1939 more than 100,000 poor British children were sent across the ocean to Canada with the promise of a better life. Those who took them in to work as farm laborers or household servants were told they were orphans--but was that the truth?** After...
**Between the years of 1869 to 1939 more than 100,000 poor British children were sent across the ocean to Canada with the promise of a better life. Those who took them in to work as farm laborers or household servants were told they were orphans--but was that the truth?**
After the tragic loss of their father, the McAlister family is living at the edge of the poorhouse in London in 1908, leaving their mother to scrape by for her three younger children, while oldest daughter, Laura, works on a large estate more than an hour away. When Edna McAlister falls gravely ill and is hospitalized, twins Katie and Garth and eight-year-old Grace are forced into an orphans' home before Laura is notified about her family's unfortunate turn of events in London. With hundreds of British children sent on ships to Canada, whether truly orphans or not, Laura knows she must act quickly. But finding her siblings and taking care of her family may cost her everything.
Andrew Fraser, a wealthy young British lawyer and heir to the estate where Laura is in service, discovers that this common practice of finding new homes for penniless children might not be all that it seems. Together Laura and Andrew form an unlikely partnership. Will they arrive in time? Will their friendship blossom into something more?
Inspired by true events, this moving novel follows Laura as she seeks to reunite her family and her siblings who, in their darkest hours, must cling to the words from Isaiah: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God".
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**Between the years of 1869 to 1939 more than 100,000 poor British children were sent across the ocean to Canada with the promise of a better life. Those who took them in to work as farm laborers or household servants were told they were orphans--but was that the truth?** After...
**Between the years of 1869 to 1939 more than 100,000 poor British children were sent across the ocean to Canada with the promise of a better life. Those who took them in to work as farm laborers or household servants were told they were orphans--but was that the truth?**
After the tragic loss of their father, the McAlister family is living at the edge of the poorhouse in London in 1908, leaving their mother to scrape by for her three younger children, while oldest daughter, Laura, works on a large estate more than an hour away. When Edna McAlister falls gravely ill and is hospitalized, twins Katie and Garth and eight-year-old Grace are forced into an orphans' home before Laura is notified about her family's unfortunate turn of events in London. With hundreds of British children sent on ships to Canada, whether truly orphans or not, Laura knows she must act quickly. But finding her siblings and taking care of her family may cost her everything.
Andrew Fraser, a wealthy young British lawyer and heir to the estate where Laura is in service, discovers that this common practice of finding new homes for penniless children might not be all that it seems. Together Laura and Andrew form an unlikely partnership. Will they arrive in time? Will their friendship blossom into something more?
Inspired by true events, this moving novel follows Laura as she seeks to reunite her family and her siblings who, in their darkest hours, must cling to the words from Isaiah: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God".
No Ocean Too Wide: A Novel (#01 in Mcalister Family Series)$38.99
Koorong code552228
ISBN9780525652939
Pages368
PublisherPenguin Random House
Publication date25 June 2019
Dimensions24 x 139 x 208mm
Weight0.323kg
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Although the characters in this novel are fictitious, it's set against the true historical background of the British home children who were shipped to Canada in the late 1800s and early 1900s presumably for a better life, but it often didn't turn out that way. In this story, the three young McAlister children are put in a children's home when their widowed mother takes ill. Without their mother's permission, they are sent to Canada as part of the home children scheme. When their older sister Laura finds out, she travels to Canada with the dashing lawyer Andrew and his associate to try to find her siblings and return them to England. But the road is more difficult then they expect. \\n\\nTuransky has researched the story really well and I enjoyed the historical aspect. It shows the hardships and prejudices that many of the home children faced. The characters also have a lot of faith and have to trust God through hard times as well as good. As this is Book 1 of a two-book series, not everything is resolved by the end, so beware of that. However, Book 2 is due for release in June 2021. It was a little slow and stilted for me at times, but then I enjoy suspense novels, so I'm used to a faster pace. Still, I did enjoy the book. If you like faith-filled historical fiction, with family drama and a touch of romance, there is much to enjoy in this book.
