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Ballantine Books
May 2014
On Sale: May 13, 2014
Featuring: ELspeth Dunn; David Graham
320 pages
ISBN: 0345542622
EAN: 9780345542625
Kindle: B00BABT9VE
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Women's Fiction
A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmoleβs atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotlandβs 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 correspondenceβ sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secretsβtheir 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 heβll survive. June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspethβs daughter, Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Her mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an admonition Margaret doesnβt understand. Then, after a bomb rocks Elspethβs house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspethβs 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. Sparkling with charm and full of captivating period detail, Letters from Skye is a testament to the power of love to overcome great adversity, and marks Jessica Brockmole as a stunning new literary voice.
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