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To lose her family was unthinkable ... To find them will take a miracle.While working in Europe, 19-year-old Maggie never dreamed that her family would be ripped apart and scattered across the sea, with her young brother and sister sent to Canada as part of the Home Children Migrant Scheme.Desperation sends Maggie on a search from England to Canada, with a harrowing shipwreck leaving her stranded on Sable Island. Eventually arriving in Halifax, Maggie is devastated to discover the trail to find her sister and brother has gone cold.An offer of help from industrialist Thaddeus Tharaday seems like an answer to prayer, but is the wealthy Tharaday her benefactor or nemesis?With the help of a dashing newspaper reporter, Maggie begins to unravel the web of deceit surrounding her siblings’ disappearance. However, the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her quest becomes.With lives on the line and the threat of everything she loves being torn away, can Maggie entrust the scattered pieces of her heart to the one who will never leave?
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history, faith, romance, mystery, shipwreck, lost family, quest, Home Children Migrant Scheme, Halifax, Canada, hope, love, seeking the truth
Maggie O’Loughlin is far from home, working to support her mother and two younger siblings, Jack and Emily. When her mother dies, she’s unable to return in time to take custody of her brother and sister. Jack and Emily are sent to Canada as part of the Home Children Migrant Scheme. Now Maggie must travel across the sea to Halifax and get them back. A well-researched and powerful story of hope with a valuable message communicated through Maggie’s faith in God.