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Romance · 2005 · PG-13

The Ship of Brides

by Jojo Moyes

1946. Four women on a warship bound for Australia to meet husbands they barely know.

For14+GenreRomanceLength350 pagesRead time~9.7 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Some

Moderate

Language

Barely any

Mild

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild romance

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Some

Moderate

What this book is about

After WWII, hundreds of Australian war brides sail to Australia on a converted warship. Four women — each with a different story of how they ended up on this ship — must survive six weeks together. Moyes's most historically grounded women's fiction.

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Post-war trauma backstories

Period-authentic wartime references

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