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 p...
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month . . .November 11, 1918. After four long, dark years of fighting, the Great War ends at last, and the world is forever changed. For soldiers, loved ones, and survivors, the years ahead stretch with new promise, even as their hearts are ma...
I won this anthology at the Smart Bitches Recommendation Party at RT con earlier this year and have been waiting patiently for November to come so I could read this. 1. Daughter of Belguim by Marci Jefferson - 3.5 stars Content warning: the beginning of the story deals with the rape of a teen ...
SWEDISH REVIEW En svepande kärlekshistoria över två världskrig och två kontinenter!Mars 1912:24-åriga poeten Espeth Dunn har aldrig sett världen bortom sitt hem i Skottlands avlägsna Isle of Skye. Så när hon får ett brev från ett fan, David Graham, collegestudent i Amerika, blir hon förundrad. De tv...
Fall of Poppies: Stories Of Love And The Great War***I won this book from Library Thing as part of the Early Reviewers program. It is a book of short stories which take place during WWI. It covers the impact of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, on the troops of and the families awaiting the return o...
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month November 1918...signified the end of the war in Europe. A devasting war where so many lives were lost.Poppies are often used for remembrance, particularly from WWI so the title of this book is particularly poignant. The Fall of Poppies i...
Fall of Poppies is a collection of nine historical fiction short stories by some of my favorite authors. Focusing on the effects of people’s lives and relationships after World War I ended, each story digs into a different aspect of love, loss and moving on. Every story brings something different an...
Picked this up because of the Skye connection, knowing it would appeal to my family. However, there's relatively little about Skye: the author is an American who appears to have visited there but not to have an intimate knowledge of the place. Instead, we have a pleasant, light epistolary novel usin...
Beautiful story of a very intimate long-distance relationship, unfolded in detailed letters over the years. I loved every minute of this book - the emotions were so palpable and the lives of the characters so clear and real. I was almost afraid as I got close to the end of what would happen - all I...
2.5 starsLetters from Skye features a poet in Scotland who receives a fan letter from a man in the United States. This fan letter turns into a consistent correspondence that maintains for more than five years. The two individuals end up falling in love while also having to deal with the trials and t...
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