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Beyond That, the Sea
by Laura Spence-Ash
During WW2, almost three million people were evacuated from high risk areas in England to rural areas, or oversees to countries like India, Australia , Canada and the United States. Most of the were children. This is the story of the fictional girl, Beatrix, whose parents made the heart wrenching decision to evacuate her to the United States to live with a foster family for the duration of the war to keep her safe and protect her childhood. This is about her journey growing up divided between the two families. The book spans from Beas early childhood to middle age.
To be fair, I tend to struggle with books that span almost an entire lifetime. I tend to get impatient while reading. This proved true with this book as well. But this was a well written story of two families intertwined through Bea. The characters were well developed and relationships well explored, but despite the deeply emotional storylines, I wasn’t invested enough for them to hit as hard as they as have. In my opinion, the ended came way to later in the story and some time periods were skimmed over so much that I got to the next chapter and literally exclaimed out loud “What!?” The time period that Bea lived in Maine, however was just the opposite where I am now ready to pack my bags. Overall a story that was slightly inconsistent, but still interesting enough to keep reading
“When you look back, it’s so easy to see the path that you’ve traveled. But looking forward, there are only dreams and fears.”
To be fair, I tend to struggle with books that span almost an entire lifetime. I tend to get impatient while reading. This proved true with this book as well. But this was a well written story of two families intertwined through Bea. The characters were well developed and relationships well explored, but despite the deeply emotional storylines, I wasn’t invested enough for them to hit as hard as they as have. In my opinion, the ended came way to later in the story and some time periods were skimmed over so much that I got to the next chapter and literally exclaimed out loud “What!?” The time period that Bea lived in Maine, however was just the opposite where I am now ready to pack my bags. Overall a story that was slightly inconsistent, but still interesting enough to keep reading
“When you look back, it’s so easy to see the path that you’ve traveled. But looking forward, there are only dreams and fears.”