Jessica Brockmole
A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmoleâ€™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., Â , March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotlandâ€™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 correspondenceâ€”sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secretsâ€”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 heâ€™ll survive., Â , June 1940: At the start of World War II, Elspethâ€™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 doesnâ€™t understand. Then, after a bomb rocks Elspethâ€™s house, and letters that were hidden in a wall come raining down, Elspeth disappears. Only a single letter remains as a clue to Elspethâ€™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.
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Letters from Skye