Mercy's parents are living in a hovel and running out of room for their ever-growing family. When a new baby is born, Mercy's parents are going to send her younger brother to the docks to work. Instead, Mercy volunteers to go out to find a position. She finds out there is a ship going to Vancouver Island with the promise of jobs (or so she thinks) for the women who are going on the ship. What Mercy doesn't know is that this is a bride ship for hundreds of single men waiting for wives.
On the ship, Mercy meets Joseph, the ship's doctor. Because Mercy is rather stalwart, Joseph calls for her as a nurse as he takes care of the sick on the ship. Feelings begin to grow between them, but when they reach shore, the lose track of each other.
Jody has given the reader a peek into life on the ship among the various classes of passengers. The most elite have all the amenities and plenteous food. The second class have nice enough rooms with about six to a room with bunks that are comfortable enough. The third class passengers are down in the bowels of the ship with poor food, lack of clean water, multiple people in a bed, and no time on deck to get fresh air and sunshine.
This is a five star book, with two thumbs up, and some smuggled rolls for the poorer passengers.
Bethany House and NetGalley.com provided the galley I read. The opinions posted here are totally my own.
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