In No Journey Too Far, Carie Turansky has definitely showcased her research skills. This book continues the story of the McAlister family. While most of the family was reunited in book one, this book features Grace who along with Katie and Garth were mistakenly placed with families in Canada by the British Home Society. Ms. Turansky has created fascinating characters and placed them in an engaging plot. I loved the setting and the plot and enjoyed learning about the British version of the American orphan trains. I do recommend reading No Ocean Too Wide first.
So grab your favorite beverage and settle in for a lovely read.
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher with no expectations. All thoughts are my own.
From Amazon:
A family long divided, a mysterious trunk, and a desperate journey across the ocean—all in the name of love. The epic saga of the McAlisters continues in this riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide.
In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she is fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past are kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover the truth?
After enduring hardship as an indentured British Home Child, Garth McAlister left Canada to serve in World War I. His sweetheart, Emma Lafferty, promised to wait for his return, but after three long years apart, her letters suddenly stopped. When Garth arrives home from the war to unexpected news, he is determined to return to Canada once more on a daunting mission to find the two women he refuses to abandon—his long-lost sister and his mysteriously missing sweetheart.
From the publisher:
In the 1860s – 1930s more than 100,000 poor and British Home Children were taken from their homes and families and sent to Canada. Most were not adopted, but became indentured servants and farm laborers. Some were well treated, but many suffered because of prejudice, neglect, and isolation. When they grew up, many of them kept their past a secret even from their own families because of what they had experienced and the prejudice of society.
British Home Children were among the first to enlist and serve in the Canadian military during the Great War – World War One. Many were decorated, some with the highest honors, and many perished. At the beginning of No Journey Too Far, the fictional hero Garth McAlister returns from serving in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, where he cared for the regiment’s horses, and begins the search for his sweetheart.
In the Edwardian age, travel by train was the fastest way to cross the vast landscape of Canada. In No Journey Too Far, the McAlisters and their friends travel by train and ship as they continue their search for Grace, who has been missing from their family for ten years.
Biography
CARRIE TURANSKY is the award-winning author of more than twenty inspirational novels and novellas and a winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the International Digital Award, and the Holt Medallion. She loved traveling to England to research her latest Edwardian novels including No Journey Too Far, No Ocean Too Wide, Across the Blue, Shine Like the Dawn, and The Highland Hall series. Her novels have received starred reviews from Christianbooks.com and Library Journal. They have been translated into several languages and enjoyed by readers around the world. Connect with Carrie on her website: http://carrieturansky.com/, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
