A Bridge Across the Ocean, Susan Meissner
A Bridge Across the Ocean, Susan Meissner
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A Bridge Across the Ocean

Author: Susan Meissner

Narrator: Kim Bubbs

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women—past and present—in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War.
 
February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Résistance spy.
 
Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark...
 
Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides—and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings.
 
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About The Author

Susan Meissner is a former managing editor of a weekly newspaper and an award-winning columnist. She is the award-winning author of The Last Year of the WarA Bridge Across the Ocean, Secrets of a Charmed Life, A Fall of Marigolds, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard, and As Bright as Heaven, among other novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Always

Books like this one are why I never read the description of books when I pick them up because I was so pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this book. Brette can talk to 'drifters', people who have failed to pass over after dying and when she goes to visit the Queen Mary she encounters one w......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Note: I'd like to thank Penguin Random House, Berkley Marketing Team, and Goodreads Giveaways for an ARC of "A Bridge Across the Ocean," by Susan Meissner. This book was a complete surprise to me in many ways. When I entered the giveaway, the description of this book did not mention a character that c......more

Three women, three stories, three connected lives. Annaliese, Brett​e​, and Simone were connected by WWII and ghosts. A BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCEAN takes us from WWII to present day with three intriguing stories. Annaliese was a German girl, Brett was a present-day American who had inherited an unusual gi......more

4.5 Stars → Wonderful book! A BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCEAN is a lovely blending of ghost story, historical fiction, mystery, and women’s fiction. The story is told from differing points of view in multiple time periods, mainly during WWII, just after WWII ends, and also present day. It may feel a bit dis......more


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Praise for A Bridge Across the Ocean

“I was utterly spellbound, beguiled, swept up in this ghostly mystery.”—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“A beguiling tapestry of storytelling and a unique look at one of history’s most enigmatic ships.”—Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of The Mapmaker’s Children

More Praise for the Novels of Susan Meissner

“A shimmering novel of love and acceptance...A Fall of Marigolds turns fate into a triumph of spirit.”—Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of A Quilt for Christmas 

“Susan Meissner deftly casts a fascinating friendship between two complex women against a glittering 1930s Hollywood backdrop. You will love this book for its very human characters and for its inside look at one of the greatest movies ever made.”—Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of The Precious One

“Sympathetic, relatable characters that readers will applaud. Touching and inspirational.”—Kirkus Reviews