The Passengers in Aussie Readers

Feb 13, 2020 Brenda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-on-kindle, aussie-authors, own-read, historical-fiction, recommendation-gr-friend, 2018-release

As Sarah and Hannah travelled on the cruise from San Diego to Sydney, Sarah, Hannah’s grandma told Hannah of the last time she was in Australia, the land of her birth, in 1945 and the journey beyond. Sarah had married Roy, a US serviceman she’d met in Sydney, the day before he left the shores for war. In the years after Roy left, Sarah and he had corresponded by mail only. The availability of the USS Mariposa to take Australian war brides to the United States and their husbands was an opportunit ...more

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May 17, 2019 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it really liked it

Shelves: aussie-author, provided-by-publisher, arc-are

In Eleanor Limprecht’s captivating novel, The Passengers, a young woman is accompanying her grandmother from America to Australia after an absence of 68 years.

The narrative shifts smoothly between the present day, as the women journey on the cruise ship, and the past, as Sarah reminisces about her life.

“But Sydney isn’t home, love. Never was. Home is the farm we lost when I was sixteen.”

Hannah is fascinated by Sarah’s candid stories of her childhood on a dairy farm, her move to Sydney, her whirl ...more

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May 13, 2018 Kate Forsyth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: parallel-narratives, australian, aww2018

A young woman and her grandmother travel on a cruise together from the USA to Australia. For Sarah, it is a journey to the country of her birth, a place she has not seen since she left as a war bride in the 1940s. For Hannah, it is a chance to leave behind old hurts and discover a new land. Each tell their own story, in their own voices, each regretting mistakes they have made and people they have left behind.

Sarah’s story begins as a girl on a diary farm in New South Wales. Times are hard, and ...more

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Feb 04, 2019 Kathryn rated it really liked it

Shelves: reading-list-2019, fiction, 4-stars, australian-authors, added-because-of-internet-review, aty-2019

I didn’t know much about the war brides who went over to the States after the war, although a cousin of my grandmothers had been a war bride. It was interesting to read Sarah’s experience, and I enjoyed the cruise ship setting of the current day story. I’m now thinking of reading Jojo Moyes’ Ship of Brides for another war brides perspective.

I wasn’t quite so interested in Hannah’s storyline - the present-day story - as I felt it paled a little in comparison with Sarah’s.

This was a fairly easy re ...more

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Feb 02, 2018 Tianne Shaw rated it it was amazing

Shelves: first-read

I was lucky to have this as an arc. It was lovely two people 2 different journeys one a War Bride the other dealing with many inner turmoils of her own. How one discovers the others hurts is the central joining here.

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Jun 24, 2018 Elaine rated it it was amazing

What a beautifully moving book. From start to finish it wove its way into my heart! I was so glad to have read this book! I couldn’t say enough good things about it!

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