Letters from Skye
by Jessica Brockmole
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Pub Date 1 Aug 2013 | Archive Date 15 Jan 2014
Random House UK, Cornerstone | Hutchinson
Description
March
1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet and a fisherman’s
wife, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotland’s bucolic Isle of
Skye. So she is astonished when a fan letter arrives from an American college
student, David Graham.
As the two strike up a correspondence — sharing their favorite books, wildest
hopes, and deepest secrets — their exchanges blossom into friendship, and
eventually into love. But as World War I moves across Europe and David
volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait
for him on Skye, hoping he comes back alive.
June 1940: More than twenty years later, at the start of World War II,
Elspeth’s daughter, Margaret, has fallen for her best friend, a pilot in the Royal
Air Force. Her mother warns her against finding love in wartime, an admonition
Margaret doesn’t understand. And after a nearby bomb rocks Elspeth’s house, and
letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears.
Only a single letter, sent decades before by a stranger named David Graham,
remains as a clue to Elspeth’s whereabouts. As Margaret sets out to discover
who David is and where her mother has gone, she must also face the truth of
what happened to her family long ago . . .
A Note From the Publisher
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Advance Praise
"Letters from Skye is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance." - Vanessa Diffenbaugh, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of Flowers
"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, Letters From Skye gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world—an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery." - Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780091944636 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |