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Summary: When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WW II he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enrmous hardships wwith fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally savedby the extraordinary people he meets and his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie - a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together? (From back cover.)