The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson is a heartbreaking story about the children who were transported to Australia in their thousand after the Second World War.
Molly's house is destroyed during the blitz and she is wounded and has lost her memory. Her young son Jack comes home from school and finds his mum and their house gone. He is sent to the country to a convent. Later Jack having been told that he is an orphan is transported on a ship full of children to Australia. When he arrives they are taken to a boys town where they are badly treated and forced to work long hours.
Years later Molly starts to regain her memory bit by bit and is now looking to be reunited with her son.
This story is shocking in the way that children were treated and the lack of support for the parents trying to find out what happened to their children.
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