Letters Across the Sea
Written by Genevieve Graham
Narrated by Erin Moon and Jonathan Todd Ross
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
If you’re reading this letter, that means I’m dead. I had obviously hoped to see you again, to explain in person, but fate had other plans.
1933
At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah’s handsome older brother, Max.
But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler’s hateful ideas cross the sea and “Swastika Clubs” and “No Jews Allowed” signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families.
1939
Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right?
From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of Hong Kong, Letters Across the Sea is a poignant novel about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times—from the #1 bestselling author of The Forgotten Home Child.
Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Forgotten Home Child, which has been optioned for TV, Letters Across the Sea, and Bluebird. She is passionate about breathing life back into history through tales of love and adventure. She lives in Alberta. Visit her at GenevieveGraham.com or on Twitter and Instagram @GenGrahamAuthor.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is not for the faint of heart. The book was wonderfully written, I felt like I was there. The book both warmed and broke my heart!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If I could give a hire review score, I would. This book brought me romance, but more importantly, history. As a USA citizen, Pearl Harbor and Europe were our focus of education during WW2. Learning about the atrocities in Hong Kong was heartbreaking. The story is well written and applies to 2023. Sadly, we humans haven't learned much. The atrocities continue in many places...all in the name of hate, control, authority, and more.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Intense listen. Took me a day to get through it. I couldn't stop listening. Thank you for bringing part of lost history to the pages.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing way to learn about our Canadian History. I am impressed and happy that my mom met you, so she could introduce me to your work.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I usually enjoy historical fiction and this was very well written.