THE SEA SAID RUN, IRELAND SAID HOME by DERGIL SPENCER
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London, 1939. Thirteen-year-old Ivy Connell is hiding beneath the stairs with her little brother Fred while violence tears their family apart. When a terrible crime leaves them running for their lives, Ivy makes a desperate choice: escape the city and search for the Irish home her late father promised would always belong to them.
With no money, no map, and danger close behind, Ivy and Fred cross paths with two streetwise boys who become the family they never expected. Their journey takes them from the docks of London to the green hills of Ireland, where Ivy hopes to find safety among relatives she has never met. But war is approaching, buried secrets are waiting, and the truth about Ivy’s birth could change everything she believes about love, loyalty, and belonging.
Years later, when Ivy learns that the mother she thought she had lost may still be alive, she must cross the sea once more—this time toward a country at war. To reclaim the people she loves, she will have to face the past she fled and discover whether home is written in blood, built through love, or found wherever the heart finally feels safe.
The Sea Said Run, Ireland Said Home is an emotional historical novel about survival, chosen family, sisterly devotion, wartime separation, hidden parentage, and the unbreakable pull of home.
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About the author
Dergil Spencer writes emotionally immersive historical fiction about ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. Blending family secrets, wartime hardship, courageous young heroines, and vivid settings, Spencer explores the bonds that survive separation, loss, and displacement. With compassionate storytelling and a strong sense of place, the author creates deeply human stories about resilience, belonging, and the many forms a family can take.
