num_pages: 368
description: Between the years of 1869 to 1939 more than 100000 poor British children were sent across the ocean to Canada with the promise of a better life. Those who took them in to work as farm laborers or household servants were told they were orphansbut was that the truth?After the tragic loss of their father the McAlister family is living at the edge of the poorhouse in London in 1908 leaving their mother to scrape by for her three younger children while oldest daughter Laura works on a large estate more than an hour away. When Edna McAlister falls gravely ill and is hospitalized twins Katie and Garth and eight-year-old Grace are forced into an orphans home before Laura is notified about her familys unfortunate turn of events in London. With hundreds of British children sent on ships to Canada whether truly orphans or not Laura knows she must act quickly. But finding her siblings and taking care of her family may cost her everything.Andrew Fraser a wealthy young British lawyer and heir to the estate where Laura is in service discovers that this common practice of finding new homes for penniless children might not be all that it seems. Together Laura and Andrew form an unlikely partnership. Will they arrive in time? Will their friendship blossom into something more?Inspired by true events this moving novel follows Laura as she seeks to reunite her family and her siblings who in their darkest hours must cling to the words from Isaiah: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God.
language: English
title: No Ocean Too Wide
publisher: Multnomah