The Resource The oceans between us, Gill Thompson
The oceans between us, Gill Thompson
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The item The oceans between us, Gill Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A heartwrenching, uplifting story, inspired by real events, of a mother and child, separated by continents, trying to find a way back to each other. Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel. A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious. As the 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? In Perth, a lonely wife takes in the orphaned child. But then she discovers the secret of his past. Should she keep quiet? Or tell the truth and risk losing the boy who has become her life? This magnificent, moving novel, set in London and Australia, is testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Note
- Torn away from home, can they find their way back? --On cover
- Isbn
- 9781472257956
- Label
- The oceans between us
- Title
- The oceans between us
- Statement of responsibility
- Gill Thompson
- Subject
-
- Amnesia -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Families -- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Australia -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- Adopted children -- Fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Perth (W.A.) -- Fiction
- Mother and child -- Fiction
- Adoption -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A heartwrenching, uplifting story, inspired by real events, of a mother and child, separated by continents, trying to find a way back to each other. Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel. A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious. As the 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? In Perth, a lonely wife takes in the orphaned child. But then she discovers the secret of his past. Should she keep quiet? Or tell the truth and risk losing the boy who has become her life? This magnificent, moving novel, set in London and Australia, is testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love
- Cataloging source
- NBLML
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Gill
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Immigrants
- Mothers and sons
- Adopted children
- Family secrets
- Families
- Amnesia
- Mother and child
- Orphans
- Adoption
- Perth (W.A.)
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The oceans between us, Gill Thompson
- Note
- Torn away from home, can they find their way back? --On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064859951
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781472257956
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044842815
- Label
- The oceans between us, Gill Thompson
- Note
- Torn away from home, can they find their way back? --On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064859951
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 424 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781472257956
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044842815
Subject
- Amnesia -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Families -- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Australia -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- Adopted children -- Fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Perth (W.A.) -- Fiction
- Mother and child -- Fiction
- Adoption -- Fiction
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