I love that Grace Darling was a real person and that Gaynor talks about her research into Grace in the book's afterward. She isn't looking for fame when she jumps into rescue the surviving passengers from a bad shipwreck near their island but female lighthouse keepers are rare in 1838 and she soon captures the attention and heart of England. In 1938 England Grace Darling has plans to stay with her parents at the lighthouse her father is the keeper for. I have long been fascinated by lighthouses too, so I immediately jumped on the tour for this one and was not disappointed. I love how she writes about strong women and multiple perspectives and time frames and how her characters and words touch me and carry me to whatever setting and periods she is writing about. I've read several of her books ( see my reviews for A Memory of Violets and The Girl From the Savoy) and I have The Cottingley Secret sitting near the top of my TBR stack. Hazel Gaynor is a favorite author of mine when it comes to historical fiction. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 9, 2018) Two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a With Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, MatildaĮmmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn capturesġ938: Newport, Rhode Island. But far more precious than her unsought fame is theįriendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems,īallads, and plays. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her twenty-two years. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”ġ838: Northumberland, England. “They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comesĪ historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinaryįemale lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.
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