The Next Ship Home

A Novel of Ellis Island

De: Heather Webb

Narrado por: Kathryn Markey

Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: "Give me your tired, your poor...."

Ellis Island, 1902. Francesca arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life than the one she left in Italy. That same day, aspiring linguist Alma reports to her first day of work at the immigrant processing center. Ellis, though, is not the refuge it first appears thanks to President Roosevelt's attempts to deter crime. Francesca and Alma will have to rely on each other to escape its corruption and claim the American dreams they were promised.

A thoughtful historical inspired by true events, this novel probes America's history of prejudice and exclusion - when entry at Ellis Island promised a better life but often delivered something drastically different, immigrants needed strength, resilience, and friendship to fight for their futures.

©2022 Heather Webb (P)2022 Recorded Books

Historical fiction

N Next Ship Home: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.03
Historical Fiction…. Ellis Island 1902…. Interesting look at how people chose to come to America…. How they got chosen to enter America and what came after

The character development and the accents were amazing!

A wonderfully written novel about what the immigrants and the workers at Ellis Island dealt with in the early 1900’s.

A story of friendship, love and belief that we all deserve to be who we are and love who we want

The internal struggles of the characters, their bravery for what they believed in, the fierceness of their friendships and love for one another- all of this and more make this a story all should read.

Captivating

Brings to life the struggles that men and women had to go through to become American and what made this country so great.

Interesting information about treatment of immigrants.

The story was fairly predictable in terms of relationships between the characters and the events.

Wonderful Story!

Enjoyed every minute! So much history with fantastic narration! The description of Ellis Island was so amazing you could imagine you were there

Poignant memoir for ALL of WE immigrants!

beautifully portrayed story of how we all want the same basic happiness & needs in our lives.

Loves this book

This book was a great listen! The story was great and I also loved the reader.

5 stars

Great story. Great character development. Brought stories of Ellis Island to life. Well done. Fun read.

Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island, but do not find what they hoped

1902 Ellis Island-Leaving Italy hoping for a better live Francesca Ricci and her sister Maria make their way to America. They have traveled as third-class passengers on a boat and the conditions were horrible. Food and water was scare, disease and rats abound. When they arrive at Ellis Island Maria is sick, but they both need to pass a medical check at Ellis Island to gain entry to America.
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Alma, an aspiring linguist starts working at the immigrant processing center. She was sent to work by her stepfather but was not prepared for what she witnesses. It becomes very clear that corruption is part of the process in the decision making on who stays and who goes. The ladies meet and have to rely on each other to get through some very dark times. Who will survive? What sacrifices will each have to make?
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Ellis Island was a dream for a better life and the promises were spoken. Unfortunately many immigrants did not have a smooth transition because of the corruption, expectations, disappointments, bribery and horrible conditions by many. This was a wonderful novel, and shows how people are resilient, even under the worst circumstances. #friendship, #ellisisland, #heatherwebb, #sourcelandmark, #netgalley, #arc, #bookreview, #bookstagram, #booksconnectus, #stamperlady50