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Tuesday Evening Book Club

"Beyond That, the Sea" by Laura Spence-Ash

2025-06-10 19:00:00 2025-06-10 20:30:00 America/New_York Tuesday Evening Book Club Laura Spence-Ash's debut tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own. Westlake Porter Public Library - Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

Tuesday, June 10
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-10 19:00:00 2025-06-10 20:30:00 America/New_York Tuesday Evening Book Club Laura Spence-Ash's debut tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own. Westlake Porter Public Library - Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

Westlake Porter Public Library

Porter Room, Zoom Programming 2

Laura Spence-Ash's debut tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own.

This meeting will be held IN PERSON and ON ZOOM. Those unable to attend in person, can join us via Zoom simultaneously.

Join us to discuss Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash:

As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make an impossible choice: they decide to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America. There, she’ll live with another family for the duration of the war, where they hope she’ll stay safe.

Scared and angry, feeling lonely and displaced, Bea arrives in Boston to meet the Gregorys. Mr. and Mrs. G, and their sons William and Gerald, fold Bea seamlessly into their world. She becomes part of this lively family, learning their ways and their stories, adjusting to their affluent lifestyle. Bea grows close to both boys, one older and one younger, and fills in the gap between them. Before long, before she even realizes it, life with the Gregorys feels more natural to her than the quiet, spare life with her own parents back in England.

As Bea comes into herself and relaxes into her new life—summers on the coast in Maine, new friends clamoring to hear about life across the sea—the girl she had been begins to fade away, until, abruptly, she is called home to London when the war ends.

Desperate as she is not to leave this life behind, Bea dutifully retraces her trip across the Atlantic back to her new, old world. As she returns to post-war London, the memory of her American family stays with her, never fully letting her go, and always pulling on her heart as she tries to move on and pursue love and a life of her own.

In order to participate, please click one of the REGISTER buttons. 

Physical copies of the book will be available for participants to borrow at the Circulation Desk beginning May 13, 2025.

If you have any questions, please email: tuesdaybookclub@westlakelibrary.org


This book club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. View and print the list of books and check out WPPL's Book Discussion page for more book and movie clubs!

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |

TAGS: | book discussion | book club |

Westlake Porter Public Library

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About the branch

Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.

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