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Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
3.0

3.5 ⭐️

Thanks to MacMillan Audio for the copy of this ALC and Celadon Books for the ARC.

This was such a unique work of historical fiction. I loved that we started in WWII with a really gutwrenching situation: a couple in London deciding to send their child to live in the United States so that she can have a childhood. But as years go by and Bea spends more time in the US, where is her real home? Who is her family? All involved have conflicting, hard feelings and I thought Laura Spence-Ash did a great job of exploring these throughout the War. This was all in Part 1. After that, we fast forward a few years and while I enjoyed how all of the characters grew apart and back together through many events, I didn't particularly love how it all played out. So in the end, this ended up more as a "like" than a "love."

Absolutely LOVED the narration by Ell Potter. Highly recommend listening to this audiobook!

Read if you:
- want a bit of heartbreak
- enjoy character-driven stories
- want historical fiction that's not too heavy on history