{"product_id":"what-the-ocean-keeps-wilkinson-9781067641214","title":"What The Ocean Keeps: The war's over but for Alma and Jack the fight for love and freedom has only just begun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat The Ocean Keeps: \u003c\/strong\u003eA compelling World War 1 love story inspired by true events\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe war's over but for Alma and Jack the fight for love and freedom has only just begun \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorth Wales, 1918\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guns in Europe have fallen silent but for Alma peace brings only hardship. After welcome independence as a munitions' worker, she is trapped by a painful arrangement with Bron, the man who saved her family from destitution. And for Jack, a Canadian soldier who fought for Britain, it means degradation in the overcrowded, feverish repatriation camp where thousands wait for the chance to sail home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Alma and Jack meet in the seaside shanty town which serves the camp, their love becomes the one chance of escape. But dreams are fragile. Ships across the Atlantic are delayed time and again, Spanish 'flu spreads and the men - their bravery ignored - are mutinous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by the true\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand largely forgotten events of the Kinmel Park mutiny, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhat The Ocean Keeps\u003c\/em\u003e is an \u003cstrong\u003eemotional, unforgettable love story\u003c\/strong\u003e that \u003cstrong\u003eweaves a woman's search for freedom with a soldier's struggle to return home\u003c\/strong\u003e as the world reels in the \u003cstrong\u003eaftermath of World War 1 \u003c\/strong\u003eand t\u003cstrong\u003ehe Spanish 'flu pandemic\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of IN MEMORIUM - ALICE WINN; WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT - DONNA JONES ALWARD; WOMEN OF WAR - Louise Morrish; BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN FALLS - Luisa A. Jones; THE EIGHTS - JOANNA MILLER; WAKE - ANNA HOPE; THE POPPY FIELD - DEBORAH CARR; THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE LOST - CAROLINE SCOTT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1067641211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067641214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginger Sky Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.73d","brand":"Wilkinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997629657343,"sku":"9781067641214","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-ocean-keeps-wilkinson-9781067641214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}