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What The Ocean Keeps: The war's over but for Alma and Jack the fight for love and freedom has only just begun
Paperback
RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781067641214
Publisher: Ginger Sky Publishing
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
What The Ocean Keeps: A compelling World War 1 love story inspired by true events
The war's over but for Alma and Jack the fight for love and freedom has only just begun
North Wales, 1918
The guns in Europe have fallen silent but for Alma peace brings only hardship. After welcome independence as a munitions' worker, she is trapped by a painful arrangement with Bron, the man who saved her family from destitution. And for Jack, a Canadian soldier who fought for Britain, it means degradation in the overcrowded, feverish repatriation camp where thousands wait for the chance to sail home.
When Alma and Jack meet in the seaside shanty town which serves the camp, their love becomes the one chance of escape. But dreams are fragile. Ships across the Atlantic are delayed time and again, Spanish 'flu spreads and the men - their bravery ignored - are mutinous.
Inspired by the true and largely forgotten events of the Kinmel Park mutiny, What The Ocean Keeps is an emotional, unforgettable love story that weaves a woman's search for freedom with a soldier's struggle to return home as the world reels in the aftermath of World War 1 and the Spanish 'flu pandemic.
Perfect for fans of In Memoriam by Alice Winn, When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward, The Eights by Joanna Miller, Before the Mountain Falls by Luisa A Jones, Women of War by Louise Morrish, Wake by Anna Hope, The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr, The Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott
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