{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-wreckage","title":"DAUGHTERS OF THE WRECKAGE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo women. One shipwreck. And four centuries of secrets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortly 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBatavia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshipwreck and her personal family crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1628, Saskia, an orphaned young Dutchwoman, boards\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBatavia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTess, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA woman searching for answers in her own life finds them--and much more--in the wreckage and haunting stories of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBatavi\u003c\/em\u003ea shipwreck.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreviously published in Australia as\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaughters of Batavia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEAN: 9781400356560\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Fiction\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: mm x213.3mm x139.7mm\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: September 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stefanie Koens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52224363757849,"sku":"9781400356560","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/8757\/8905\/files\/9781400356560_0.jpg?v=1776120694","url":"https:\/\/crossroad.com.au\/products\/daughters-of-the-wreckage","provider":"Crossroad Distributors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}