The Ocean Liner

The Ocean Liner

<p><b>As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything to find a brighter future.</b></p><p>Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS <i>Manhattan</i> bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing.</p><p>Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm. Particularly worrying to Rose is her daughter Rosemary, a vivacious but troubled woman whose love for a Californian musician may derail her family’s political ambitions. And then there’s young Thomas, a Nazi with a secret…</p><p>But, under the waves, the <i>Manhattan</i> is being stalked by a German U-boat. Will any of those aboard the ocean liner ever achieve their dream of a new life in America?</p>