The Ship of Brides: 'Brimming over with friendship, sadness, humour and romance, as well as several unexpected plot twists' - Daily Mail

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So...ummm....yeah....I just finished this and I don't have words. Multiple superlatives will be used. This one moved me in so many ways. Holy shite, what a story. I became quite attached to Frances and Maggie. I will miss them. With characters so real they feel like dear friends and a compelling storyline, this is a beautiful, special novel. I loved it and didn’t want it to end!”

The Ship of Brides - Historical Novel Society

Australian brides form friendships as they make their way to England aboard an aircraft carrier in this novel, originally published in Britain in 2005, from Moyes ( Silver Bay, 2014, etc.). With the end of World War II, Australian war brides prepare to embark on their voyage across the seas on the Victoria, a British aircraft carrier, arriving in Britain and into the awaiting arms of their soldier husbands. Over 600 brides are to make the six week sojourn--leaving their country and their families, possibly for the last time.Moyes paints an engrossing picture of life in rural America, and it’s easy to root for the enterprising librarians.” Moyes wisely knows that life-changing events don’t always change our lives for the better. . . . After Youmay not be the sequel you expect, but it is the sequel you needed.” A] homage to the power of reading and the strength of community. . . A must-read for women’s fiction.”

The Ship of Brides: A Novel: Moyes, Jojo: 9780143126478

Although, once I got to chapter 26 and read 9 words I completely balled my eyes out.. I couldn't believe that 9 words could instantly bring me to tears. I actually took a bit of a brake and let the information sink in and had a really good cry. I realised I probably wasn't going to get my HEA. I forced myself to continue, crying along the way, those tears stopped and I started smiling, grinning, laughing, racing to the point where what I was crying over wasn't what I thought it was. I swear! my face hurt from all the emotions a felt during that last chapter!! OMG Author!! really?!! Incredible!The novel focuses on 4 young women who are forced to share a cabin. Though they are very different, they become friends and learn to rely on each other. The romance was a small part of the book, there's a very slow slow build up of romance between Frances and Nicol(Marine) and its more present towards the last quarter of the book. I absolutely loved this!!! you desperately want to know if they end up together.

The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes | Waterstones

Really, it is almost hard to believe that Jojo Moyes chose so perfectly the stories which portrayed us, humans so aptly. Jean ist die Jüngste, unreif, ungebildet und naiv aber offen und direkt. Und man hat sie einfach gern. Once again, Moyes delivers a heart-wrenching and relatable book about love and loss that will stay with you long after you’ve finished.”While the series may have started off as a romance, Jojo Moyes has turned Louisa Clark’s story into one about learning to be, and to love, yourself.” Because this has been based on an actual sailing taken by the HMS Victorious, Moyes was able to include extracts from journals, newspaper clippings, and diary entries from the actual men and women aboard which added an element of real emotion to the voyage.