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    No Ocean too Wide: A Novel

    Written by Carrie Turansky

    Narrated by Colleen Prendergast

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    When Laura McAllister, a young lady's maid, learns her three siblings have been taken from their mother and emigrated to Canada without her mother's knowledge, she becomes determined to search for them and reunite the family. But a lack of funds and resistance from authorities push her to use a false name and take a position with a child emigration society to gain passage to Canada.

    Andrew Frasier, a wealthy young lawyer, is surprised to see his mother's former maid on board a ship escorting a group of child immigrants, especially when she uses a different name. He's even more surprised when he learns that she's tracking down her siblings and attempting to save the other children from a horrendous fate. Romantic feelings grow between this unlikely couple, and even though they have different backgrounds, they share a growing faith and a desire to seek justice and relief for the children who are being mistreated.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJul 16, 2019
    ISBN9781974949830
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    No Ocean too Wide: A Novel
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    Carrie Turansky

    Carrie Turansky is the award-winning author of twenty-one inspirational novels and novellas and a winner of the Carol Award, the International Digital Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She loves traveling to England to research her Edwardian novels, including No Journey Too Far, No Ocean Too Wide, Across the Blue, and the Edwardian Brides series. Her novels have been translated into several languages and have received starred reviews from Christianbook.com and Library Journal. Learn more at carrieturansky.com.

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    • 3/5
      Great start but a little slow; ending was rushed and I would have liked more around the conclusion
    • 4/5
      No Ocean Too Wide by Carrie Turansky is a very interesting book. I requested to read and review this book through Netgalley.com. I give it 4 stars out of 5. The reason I only give it 4 stars is I felt it could have ended better, even though it is the first book in a new series. Another reason for a missing star is that at times it got too rambling and things were repeated especially towards the end of the book.Overall, I did enjoy the book. It is a Christan, historical fiction book. It is not a preachy book, but it does show people using their beliefs in a nice way. I was drawn to this book as my great grandfather was put in an orphanage in England by his father in the late 1800s after the death of his mother.This book looks at how orphanages worked in the late 1800s until the early 1900s. It is not a preachy kind of book and it is not condemning nor praising how the system worked. The main characters were fairly well developed and believable. The story was also believable. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. Even though this was an advanced reader copy, the editing was very well done. I appreciate that in a book.I would recommend this book to my friends.
    • 3/5
      Can you imagine being sick enough to be put in the hospital, only to recover and find out your children have been sent to an orphanage and then shipped to another country for adoption or to work as domestic servants or farm laborers? That is the basis for this story that is the first of a series involving the McAlister family.Having lost their father, the McAlister children and their mother are trying to make ends meet. Mrs. McAlister works as a seamstress and lives above the shop with her three youngest children, Grace and twins Garth and Katie. Her older daughter Laura works in a nearby village as a ladies maid.When Laura learns of her mother’s illness, she returns to London to help her mother and siblings, only to find out that they have been put in a home. When she’s not allowed to see them and learns they are being sent to Canada, Laura resorts to drastic measures to find them.There are some tense moments, appalling circumstances and a bit of romance, but mostly this story is one about hope and putting your faith in the Lord that things will work out. It would have been nice for the author to have written about 100 more pages and finished the story, rather than publish it as a series. I don’t mind reading a series, but this one things in limbo.Many thanks to NetGalley and WaterBrook & Multnomah for allowing me to read an advance copy and give my honest review.
    • 5/5
      Be warned that boxes of tissues will be needed to read this book. I don’t know where to start with how deeply emotional this story is. The author has exceeded my expectations of how gifted a writer she is. The story is one that opened my eyes to the fate of children during a time period that was hard on many people.I had no idea that children of British descent were shipped away to Canada sometimes without real reason to rip them from their families. I am overwhelmed at the cruelty these children were put through. I’m sure most children believed they were being adopted into loving and caring homes, but that was not always the case.This story follows Laura as she works away from home to help her family out and how her siblings get caught up in a system that is far more dangerous than most people were aware of. Laura is beside herself when she learns her siblings have been taken away and will do anything to find them. I could feel Laura’s desperation as she travels to Canada to find her siblings. Can she find them before tragedy strikes? I admired her strength to rescue her siblings and how deeply she cared for their safety.It was hard to read at times the homes the children were placed in. Most of them were treated as servants and had little hope of finding a way to escape their situation. The children in this story offers hope to those that think Jesus has forgotten them. The author gives us a sense of urgency in seeing that justice prevails and the children are returned to their family. I loved Katie, Grace and Garth and how they clung to their faith that God would rescue them.Andrew is a wonderful character who helps in trying to reunite Laura with her sisters and brother. I loved that he never gave up and wanted to help not only Laura and her siblings but other children who had been abused by a system that only wanted financial gain. As Andrew and Laura band together there seems to be a little romance brewing between them. I liked that the author gives hints of their attraction but doesn’t make it the main theme of the book.Children are a blessing from God and this story reminds us of how precious that blessing is. I sat on the edge of my seat as I drew to the end of the story. I was captivated by the emotions and the never ending faith throughout the book. I will be adding this book to my top picks for 2019. The author has promised a follow up book to continue this story and I will be anxious to read it. Thank you for writing a story that heals wounds, reunited families and gives us a look at Gods promise “that He will never leave us nor forsake us.”I received an arc copy of this book from the author and publisher. The review is my own opinion,
    • 4/5
      What a fascinating story of tragic loss, familial loyalty, and enduring love! Carrie Turansky has a way of creating a hopeful and encouraging tale even in the midst of heart-breaking historical events. This first book in the series details Laura McAlister as she leaves her service position in 1908 England to go after her younger siblings who were mistakenly sent to Canada to fill the roles of indentured servants. Her family has already suffered from the death of their father and severe illness of their mother so Laura, as the eldest, cannot just sit still and let her family be ripped apart by a faulty child emigration process. Laura is determined, resourceful, and tender-hearted. Andrew, the son of Laura's employer and a lawyer, becomes involved in Laura's quest for her siblings when they cross paths while she's looking for their whereabouts and he is hired by the government to investigate the child emigration process. Their journey takes them to Canada and is filled with joy and sorrow, hopes and unfulfilled longings, friendships and lies, great fortunes and misfortunes. Katie, Laura's fifteen year old sister, has a strong voice in the storyline and gives a different perspective to the plot. Garth, Katie's twin brother, and Grace, their seven year old sister, will get their voices heard in the next installment of the McAlister Family series.If you enjoy a well-written historical fiction, you will definitely enjoy this book. I received a copy of the book from Waterbrook & Multnomah and was under no obligation to post a positive review. All comments and opinions are solely my own.
    • 5/5
      The author has given us a story that will linger long after the last page is turned, and rightfully so. By the Grace of God, we could have been one of those children, orphans, or no parent to take care of them. I can’t even imagine the poverty and living on the streets, but the solution?We put faces to these children, but they have a family, and when one of the siblings attempt to retrieve them, well that is what makes this such a great read.You will find your heart breaking, and yes, I know that this was a different time, but people looking their noses down because of circumstances beyond the control of the child, oh!I love that there is another book to come and answer some more of my questions, so be sure to read the author’s notes at the end of the book!I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Waterbrook Multmonah Publishing, and was not required to give a positive review.
    • 5/5
      Can you imagine being a little seven-year-old girl and wondering when you will see your mommy again? How about fourteen-year-old twins who are separated from each other and feel like they are missing half of themselves? What does a young woman do when she discovers that her two younger sisters and brother have been sent to another country and now appear to be lost to her? These are the situations that the four siblings of the McAlister family encounter in No Ocean Too Wide and it is a story that will remain with you long after you've finished reading it.This is a sad story but it is also a story of hope, faith, and determination. The McAlister's and Andrew Fraser were all believers and even though there were times when they wondered why God was allowing this to happen, they still believed in the power of prayer. Even though this book is set in 1909 it will surely cause today's readers to think about the children who are currently in foster care or awaiting adoption. I recommend No Ocean Too Wide to anyone who enjoys historical Christian fiction and I am looking forward to the next book of the McAlister Family series to learn if this family can finally be reunited!I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and I was under no obligation to write a positive review. These are my own opinions.
    • 4/5
      No Ocean Too Wide is the first book in The McAlister Family series. I found this historical novel to be compelling. I was drawn into the book and I just wanted to keep reading to find out what would happen next to the McAlister family. I thought No Ocean Too Wide was well-written with interesting characters. The author’s research is evident in this story which is based on true events. Laura McAlister has strength, determination, faith and loyalty to her family. I liked that she learned a few life lessons along the way. Katie had a strong faith for a fourteen year old girl. She never failed to pray no matter the circumstances. Katie never lost faith that God would help her. I found No Ocean Too Wide to be an emotional story that will stay with the you long after you finish it. I liked that the romance is not the feature of this book. It plays out gently which suits the characters and their situation. Christianity is a part of the characters lives. They seek Him out and are not afraid to share their belief with others or speak of it aloud. We see in No Ocean Too Wide that God is always with us. We need to have faith and trust in Him. We see that there are two sides to every story as with life. While some people only heard about the good of child emigration, there was a bad side to it as well. I liked the addition of Rose Carson and Henry Dowd. They were great additions to this book. No Ocean Too Wide is a poignant novel that will touch your heart.
    • 5/5
      This is the most incredible story - one that I am quite sure everyone should read. I would imagine that anyone that enjoys history and all we can learn from it, has heard of the British Home Children (BHC) as well as the Kindertransport during the war. In many ways the same, but also so very different. While the children from war-torn countries were sent away for their safety, the BHC were sent to America to reduce the number of destitute children roaming the streets of London and other places. Unfortunately some of those sent away were from loving families that were temporarily unable to provide for their needs. This is the story of one such family.Garth and Katie, 14 year old twins, were sent to different homes, since boys and girls were not in the same home. Young Grace, 7, was allowed to stay with her sister, Katie. Child emigration was regular at that time - the children were sent to Canada, where they were then put into homes that were prepared to accept a child into their family as well as care for them. The people overseeing those homes didn’t value family connections, so were these siblings likely to ever see each other again? Andrew Frasier and Henry Dowd were given the task of following this emigrant cycle to see if it was all done legally. Were these children all orphans or were some taken from their families without permission? What were the conditions the children were living with in Canada? Answers for these and other questions were what they hoped for.This incredible story has been on my desk, just waiting for me to sit down and read. Published by Multnomah the comments and impressions given are my own and were in no way solicited.
    • 5/5
      Make sure to have plenty of tissues on hand because this will definitely make you cry. It is hard to read about some of the things that people do to children even when they say they are doing it to help them. This is so interesting to read about what happened to some of the children that were sent from England to Canada. It was fascinating to learn why this was done and what bad and good that came out of it. The characters were great. I am looking forward to reading more about how this family finds each other after being pulled apart. I received a copy of this book from the author for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.