At the age of fifteen in 1936, she ran away from home and her abusive stepfather. The story sees a ninety-seven year old Winnifred looking back on her her past as her great-grandson asks about her family tree. Graham is also the author of The Forgotten Home Child. The story picks up six years later with war on the horizon as Molly is a reporter at her local paper and will need to confront what happened in her past and try to make things right. Molly and Max find themselves caught in the middle of the tensions between the Jewish and Irish communities. However, there is something going on over seas and Hitler’s hateful ideas are making their way to Toronto. She finds joy watching baseball with her friend Hannah and sneaking glances at her handsome older brother. Molly Ryan has dreams of becoming a journalist in 1933, but is currently working whatever job she can during the Depression. Letters Across the Sea is a story that takes place around World War II. If You Like Genevieve Graham Books, You’ll Love…
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