The Voyagers by Mardi McConnochie, Viking, $29.95.
Shore leave, Sydney, 1943, and quietly determined US sailor Stead heads straight for the home of the girl he met and fell in love with during three magical days in 1938.
Back then, Marina was a sheltered girl on the verge of a career as a world-famous pianist. Five years on, she’s gone, just another disappearance amid the turmoil of World War II.
Stead’s ardent search through the dying days of World War II is interwoven with the story of Marina’s heartbreaking choices, miraculous escapes and gruelling experiences.
Beautifully written, cleverly told and alive with the ugliness and urgency of war, The Voyagers is a love story made all the more vivid by suspense.
From Sydney to London, Shanghai and Singapore, will these war-crossed lovers find each other? Has Stead’s search come too late? Or will three days of passion and five years of desperation be followed by a lifetime of love?
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