The Ship of Brides: 'Brimming over with friendship, sadness, humour and romance, as well as several unexpected plot twists' - Daily Mail

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But Ridge can’t hide his feelings for Sydney long—and they face their dilemma with refreshing emotional honesty.

The Ship of Brides: A Novel: Moyes, Jojo: 9780143126478

An intriguing look at an aircraft carrier transporting brides from Australia to England after World War II.The two begin a songwriting partnership that grows into something more once Sydney dumps Hunter and decides to crash with Ridge and his two roommates while she gets back on her feet.

The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes: 9780143126478

An adventure story grounded in female competence and mutual support, and an obvious affection for the popular literature of the early 20th century, give this Depression-era novel plenty of appeal. It’s the end of World War II and thousands of Australian women, War Brides, will be traveling to England to reunite with the men they married. I have read at least five of JoJo Moyes other books, including the Me Before You trilogy, and I have liked them. I was surprised by how involved I got in this story but Moyes not only takes the reader back to 1946 but manages to keep a huge element of suspense going throughout the journey (Frances, a former nurse is kept frustratingly mysterious until the very last pages – and I kinda loved her. Because this has been based on an actual sailing taken by the HMS Victorious, Moyes was able to include extracts from journals, newspaper clippings, and diary entries from the actual men and women aboard which added an element of real emotion to the voyage.And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted—forever. These four along with the others are leaving all that they know, all who they know behind to start a new life on foreign shores. This story doesn't really let the reader get to know the heroines, and there are four, at least not until the very end. The story is good, the characters are well defined, there is some philosophy about live, a lot of lovely quotes, ALL of these making the difference between a great book and the usual chicken-soap.

The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes | Goodreads

The Giver of Starsis a celebration of love, but also of reading, of knowledge, of female friendship, of the beauty of our most rural corners and our enduring American grit: the kind of true grit that can be found in the hills of Kentucky and on the pages of this inspiring book. Consider the euphoria facing those who married their sweethearts before they went off to war – how little they may have known each other – to how things have changed for both since the war. I can't tell you more about those people without spoiling, I am not able to do it (without spoiling) because their stories described and made them.During one of their "adventures", the grandmother is suddenly overtaken by mournful weeping and the reader is at a loss as to why. Von einer Frau, die mit ihrer Enkelin Indien besucht und beim Anblick eines Schiffswracks in Erinnerungen schwelgt.

The Ship of Brides - JoJo Moyes

But instead of the luxury liner they were expecting, they find themselves aboard an aircraft carrier, alongside a thousand men. Some are from wealthy families, some are simple farm girls, some are young and naive, and some are hiding very dark pasts. After World War II ends, more than 600 Australian brides are traveling to join their husbands in England. The novel moves among the points of view seamlessly and evokes the era with descriptive details that sets the reader firmly on board.But I was fascinated by the story itself, by the fact all these brides are shoved together on an aircraft carrier for six weeks, by the fact that the captain pushed aircraft overboard, appalled by the behavior of some drunken seamen, even more shocked at the unfortunate "Not Wanted Don't Comes". We learn about life on board in trying times, and the crew that is charged with getting our brides there safe and sound. I was drawn in by the characters’ heartfelt emotions and found myself enmeshed in their lives with Moyes’ rich language.