Alone On A Wide Wide Sea

When sixyearold orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII heloses his sister his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormoushardships w... » 

When sixyearold orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII heloses his sister his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormoushardships with fellow orphan Marty Arthur is finally saved by theextraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boatdesign and sailing.Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie a solo yacht designedto carry her to England in search of his longlost sister. Will the threads ofArthurs life finally come together?There were dozens of us on the ship boys and girls. We were off to Australia but might as well have been the moon. Orphaned in WWII Arthur is separated from his sister and sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordinary journey continues as he and his friend Marty survive brutal captivity on a working farm find a new family with the eccentric Aunty Meg and her animals and discover their talent for designing yachts. «