Letters from Skye
of Jessica Brockmole (Goodreads Author)
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A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmoleâs atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. Â March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotlandâs remote Isle of Skye. So she is astonished when her first fan letter arrives, from a college student, David Graham, in far-away America. As the two strike up a correspondenceâsharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secretsâtheir exchanges blossom into friendship, and eventually into love. But as World War I engulfs Europe and David volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait for him on Skye, hoping heâll survive. Â June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspethâs daughter, Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Her mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an admonition Margaret doesnât understand. Then, after a bomb rocks Elspethâs house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspethâs whereabouts. As Margaret sets out to discover where her mother has gone, she must also face the truth of what happened to her family long ago.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 290 pages
- Publisher Ballantine Books
- Publication Date July 9th 2013
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780345542601
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Isle of Skye, Scotland']
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