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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 Brockmole’s 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 Scotland’s
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 correspondence—
sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest
secrets—their 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 he’ll
survive.
June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspeth’s daughter,
Margaret, has fallen for a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Her
mother warns her against seeking love in wartime, an
admonition Margaret doesn’t understand. Then, after a bomb
rocks Elspeth’s house, and letters that were hidden in a
wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single
letter remains as a clue to Elspeth’s 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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