A Bridge Across the Ocean
  • Published: 15 March 2017
  • ISBN: 9780451476005
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $36.00

A Bridge Across the Ocean

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Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women--past and present--in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War.

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women—past and present—in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War.
 
February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Résistance spy.
 
Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark...
 
Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides—and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings.
 
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  • Published: 15 March 2017
  • ISBN: 9780451476005
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $36.00
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Praise for A Bridge Across the Ocean

Praise for A Bridge Across the Ocean

"I was utterly spellbound, beguiled, swept up in this ghostly mystery."--Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

"A beguiling tapestry of storytelling and a unique look at one of history's most enigmatic ships."--Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of The Mapmaker's Children

Praise for the novels of Susan Meissner

"A somber, gripping tale illuminated with hope."--Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network

"A story of one family's heartbreak and hope. Strong [and] resilient, Meissner's characters step off the page and into history."--Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

"With stunning prose and keen detail, Meissner has deftly created a heady mix of love, politics, and survival--a family saga, coming-of-age tale, and riveting historical fiction all in one. A must read!"--Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan's Tale

"Author Susan Meissner, a former journalist and award-winning veteran novelist, knows how to spin an engrossing plot peopled by complex human beings...The Last Year of the War is timely and important today."--New York Journal of Books