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Bridge Across the Ocean (Paperback) (Susan Meissner)

Bridge Across the Ocean (Paperback) (Susan Meissner)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> "Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women, past and present"--Amazon.com. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women--past and present--in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of <i>The Last Year of the War</i>.</b><br> <b> </b><br> <i>February, 1946.</i> 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. <p/> Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS<i> Queen Mary</i> 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... <p/> <i>Present day. </i>Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted <i>Queen Mary</i> 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. <p/> <b>CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED</b> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <b>Praise for <i>A Bridge Across the Ocean</i></b> <p/>"I was utterly spellbound, beguiled, swept up in this ghostly mystery."--Jamie Ford, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</i> <p/>"A beguiling tapestry of storytelling and a unique look at one of history's most enigmatic ships."--Sarah McCoy, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Mapmaker's Children</i> <p/><b>More Praise for the Novels of Susan Meissner</b> <p/>"A shimmering novel of love and acceptance...<i>A Fall of Marigolds</i> turns fate into a triumph of spirit."--Sandra Dallas, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Quilt for Christmas </i> <p/>"Susan Meissner deftly casts a fascinating friendship between two complex women against a glittering 1930s Hollywood backdrop. You will love this book for its very human characters and for its inside look at one of the greatest movies ever made."--Marisa de los Santos, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Precious One</i> <p/>"Sympathetic, relatable characters that readers will applaud. Touching and inspirational."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Susan Meissner</b> is a former managing editor of a weekly newspaper and an award-winning columnist. She is the award-winning author of <i>The Last Year of the War</i>, <i>A Bridge Across the Ocean</i>, <i>Secrets of a Charmed Life</i>, <i>A Fall of Marigolds</i>, <i>Stars Over Sunset Boulevard</i>, and <i>As Bright as Heaven</i>, among other novels.

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