Thompson, G: Ocean Between Us

Gill Thompson is an English lecturer who completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University. Her novels THE OCEANS BETWEEN US and THE CHILD ON PLATFORM ONE were both digital bestsellers and have been highly acclaimed. She lives with her family in West Sussex and teaches English to college students.

A riveting story of a woman's quest to find her son and a young boy's fight for survival.An injured woman is found wandering in London after an air raid.She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious.As a 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?Under the Perth sun a lonely wife longs for a baby. When the English boy comes to live with her and her husband, she sees in him the son she was never able to have. But then she discovers the secret of his past. Should she keep quiet? Or tell the truth and risk losing the child who has become her life? Inspired by real events, this magnificently moving novel shows the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.headline.co.ukFiction £14.99 ISBN 9781472257956Headline Review logo Also available in ebook and audioFollow Gill on Twitter @wordkindlingCover credit...