Beyond That, The Sea

📚 Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

In 1940, as bombs fall on London, eleven-year-old Beatrix Thompson’s parents send her across the Atlantic to live with a family in Massachusetts. She misses home at first, but the Gregorys soon make her feel like one of their own. Over the next five years, she grows close to their two sons and spends summers with them on the coast of Maine.

When the war ends and Bea returns to London, she’s missed years of life with her parents. She’s also leaving behind a family she never expected to love. As the years pass, the bonds she formed in America continue to shape the choices she makes back home.

Tender and bittersweet, this historical novel is a lovely pick for readers who enjoy quiet family stories about growing up, belonging, and loving people on both sides of an ocean.