Author: | Hazel Gaynor |
Genre: | Historical Romance |
File Name: | the-lighthouse-keepers-daughter-by-hazel-gaynor.epub |
Original Title: | The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter |
Creator: | Hazel Gaynor |
Language: | en |
Identifier: | 9780062698636 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Date: | 1534698000 |
File Size: | 1965031.424 |
1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s 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 Matilda’s 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.