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.

About the Author: