{"product_id":"9781400356560","title":"Daughters of the Wreckage","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\"An immersive and engrossing mystery.\" --Tania Blanchard, bestselling author\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\"A masterfully crafted dual timeline.\" --Tea Cooper, \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;USA TODAY\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; bestselling author\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Two women. One shipwreck. And four centuries of secrets.\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Shortly before Christmas in 2018, Tess McCarthy, after years as a hard-working English teacher who never did anything out of the ordinary, flies to Western Australia's remote Abrolhos Islands. She is in search of answers--both to the infamous \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Batavia\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; shipwreck and her personal family crises.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In 1628, Saskia, an orphaned young Dutchwoman, boards \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Batavia\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; with relatives, bound for a new and potentially dangerous life in the East Indies--only for her world to first collide with Aris Jansz, the ship's taciturn under surgeon.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Tess, Saskia, and Aris--their lives linked by secrets that span generations--carry the baggage of past losses and the uncertainty of their futures. And, in the most unlikely circumstances, they may find qualities that echo through centuries: faith, acceptance, and love.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;A woman searching for answers in her own life finds them--and much more--in the wreckage and haunting stories of the \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Batavi\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;a shipwreck.\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Previously published in Australia as\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; Daughters of Batavia.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Koens, Stefanie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":50649250529536,"sku":"9781400356560","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3c5dcef8-8530-4d16-9551-8094d1f0a4bb.jpg?v=1792185733","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9781400356560","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}