Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: An Ocean Divide
Subtitle:
Author:
Elizabeth Grimes Brown
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Part of a series? No
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25564838-an-ocean-divide
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This is a different part of the Titanic
story. We meet 19-year-old Michael, who has left his girlfriend in Ireland.
Michael joins his older brothers in America and tries to find his way in life.
It’s a good life, but a hint of illegal action in the background. Then one of
the business associates’ daughter pushes for Michael to become hers. Ellen
remains back in Ireland and finds herself pregnant but when word comes through
of Michael’s new relationship, she decides to marry locally to save herself the
shame. A book full of intrigue and misunderstandings follows. Will they find
love?
What
I liked about the book:
This was a pageturner and contained emotional
scenes. Why can’t life ever be simple?
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I loved the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
Difficult to point to one, it’s a great book.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This author has written several books and I’ve
read some of them when they were on free offer. They are all good reads.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book can be compared to other books about
young people moving to America in hopes of a better life.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Probably |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like books full of emotion and action, this book
may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Invited by older brothers, Joe and Robert, to
join their successful company in America, 19 year old country boy Michael
McBride is booked on the Titanic. After surviving the the sinking of the ship
and unaware that the family business has been built on corruption with the
backing of the Mafia, he works hard to learn all he can. Through distractions,
distance and deceit, he unwittingly neglects his love back in Ireland.
Ellen Dunne, finding she is pregnant, and
hearing false rumours of Michael's impending engagement to his boss's daughter,
is panicked into marriage to neighbouring, older farmer Patrick Lafferty.
Over the years, feuds and resentments divide
brothers Michael and Robert. Michael's love for Ellen is as strong as ever and
one of his visits back home results in a second pregnancy. Eighteen years pass
before Michael finds out that, Jack, Ellen's son, and a boy he has befriended
and grown to love on visits over the years, is really his own boy; the
revelation is announced at Ellen's funeral. Jack rejects him offhand. Can
father and son be reconciled; Will Michael find new love, and will power hungry
brother Robert one day rue his guilty past?
As the story follows the family over four
decades, the tale of love and loss brings heartache for all.
Births, deaths and corruption creating a fued
between brothers.
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