London during the Second World War.
A woman is found wandering injured 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?
The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson is published on 21 March, 2019.
Read Gill’s article about her discovery of the tragedy of the ‘stolen children’ and how it inspired her to write her debut novel.
