A review by lrmsreads
The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes

4.0

The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes is a story about an event at the end of World War II that I was unaware of. Many Australian women married British soldiers stationed in Australia during the war. Once the war was over, these women gained passage on an air craft carrier about to be decommissioned that was reoutfitted to transport 600+ brides from Australia to Great Britain on its last voyage. Moyes tells the story of four of those women. The many brides all had different backgrounds and different stories to tell. Some of these Australian brides later learned their soldiers were already married and some would receive letters notifying them the soldier had changed his mind and no longer wanted them to come. All of these brides had great anxiety knowing the possibilities both good and bad of what lay ahead of them. I enjoyed this look at WWII I was unfamiliar with and I thoroughly enjoyed these women's stories. Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read it before its US release.