Today it's my great honor to feature an author who has become a must read, a Canadian who loves to bring little known Canadian history to light for her readers. I absolutely LOVED Letters Across the Sea and I know when you learn more about it you will want to read it too!
Genevieve is hosting a book launch party on her FaceBook page on release day tomorrow April 27th, Genevieve would love you all to participate and I have more information about it below.
Enjoy!
ISBN-13: 978-1982169343
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 4-27-2021
Length: 384pp
Source: Author/Publisher for review
Buy It: Amazon/ B&N/ IndieBound
Overview:
Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that’s perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.If you’re reading this letter, that means I’m dead. I had obviously hoped to see you again, to explain in person, but fate had other plans.
1933
At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah’s handsome older brother, Max.
But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler’s hateful ideas cross the sea and “Swastika Clubs” and “No Jews Allowed” signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families.
1939
Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right?
From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of Hong Kong, Letters Across the Sea is a poignant novel about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times—from the #1 bestselling author of The Forgotten Home Child.
Details about the Book Launch
Genevieve will be hosting a facebook live chat on her author page (https://www.facebook.com/GenGrahamAuthor)
with Bookstagrammer Jenna Bahen (@FlowersFavouriteFiction) at Noon Eastern on 4-27-2021
and will include a book chat (of course!), prizes (2 sets of my full collection - one for a Canadian winner, and one for an American winner!), and she will be reading Chapter 1.
