01495nam a22001697b 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022020002300063040001400086041000600100082001200106100001900118245004100137260003700178300002100215500108900236322820250514123726.0250514b        sa ||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9781472257956qpbk  aRDAcOCLC  2E  aEF THOM  aThompson, Gill  aThe oceans between uscGill Thompson  aLondon;bHeadline Review;c2019.  a424 pagesc24 cm  aInspired 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 warm-hearted tale of love, loss and indefatigable human spirit' Kathryn Hughes 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.