![]() ![]() ![]() 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. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYĪ 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. ![]() hdc $25) Katie Bedard-oytowski, The Cottage Book Shop, Glen Arbor, MI The beautiful language and haunting recount of two strangers who form an unbreakable bond despite the uncertainties of war and the impossibilities of life is a story that will be read and read again. While not a suspense novel of the mystery/thriller genre, Letter from Skye is no less of a pageturner. The stories meld into one as Margaret comes closer to the answers she so desperately seeks. ![]() The second story is of Elspeth's daughter, Margaret, nearly 30 years later, as she tries to decipher the mystery of her mother's past. The novel tells two stories - one, the relationship between Scottish writer Elspeth, and Davey, an American college student who first writes her after being enthralled by her poetry. Told only through letters, author Jessica Brockmole tells an exquisitely crafted story of love and loss, of sacrifice and perseverance in Letters from Skye. ![]()
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