The Ship of Brides - Tapa dura

'Wonderfully romantic and moving.' -- Daily Mail 'Irresistibly absorbing ... A sure-fire winner and her best since SHELTERED RAIN.' -- Sarah broadhurst, Bookseller 'Romance with a difference' -- Woman & Home 'Fascinating read...not only is THE SHIP OF BRIDES utterly compelling, it's educational. In a good way.' -- Heat 20050618 'Wonderfully romantic and moving.' -- Daily Mail 20050618 'The Ship of Brides is a wonderful read: a tale of fate and destiny that remains utterly unsentimental.' -- Sunday Express 20050619 'Gloriously entertaining' -- Mirror 20050603 'Engaging and poignant...Moyes writes both dialogue and descriptive passages with charm.' -- Glasgow Herald 20050611 'It says a lot for the author's storytelling powers that this classy family drama had me utterly engrossed, deeply involved with the characters and caring madly about their fate.' -- Australian Woman's Weekly on THE PEACOCK EMPORIUM 20050611 'Irresistibly absorbing ... A sure-fire winner and her best since SHELTERED RAIN.' -- Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller 20050611

The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England - aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. Rules of honour, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's Captain down to the lowliest young stoker. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined in ways the Navy could never have imagined. And Frances Mackenzie - the enigmatic young bride whose past comes back to haunt her thousands of miles from home - will find that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination.