William Morrow
October 2018
On Sale: October 9, 2018
416 pages ISBN: 0062869302 EAN: 9780062869302 Kindle: B075WQLV9Q Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.
βThey call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.β
1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darlingβs home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart.
1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matildaβs family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love.
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