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...
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...
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...
From Random House UK, Cornerstone, Hutchinson; many thanks. This ebook has 187 pages. Dedication: My breathmy lightthe one my heart flies toward.Jim.From the front of the book: Played out across oceans in peacetime and wartime but most of all in paper and ink, Letters from Skye is about the transfo...
I would give this two and a half stars, if possible. I had very high hopes - WWI, WWII, British people, poetry, forbidden love, flashbacks, family history - it's like my own personal checklist of favorite reading topics. It was engaging enough for me to read and finish in a short amount of time and ...
I'm a sucker for an epistolary novel and this did not disappoint! I started it early this morning and just finished with tears in my eyes. And I don't usually cry! A beautiful little story and a quick read. If you enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society, I think you'll really enjoy...
What begins as a letter from a fan, turns to a love story spanning decades.Beginning during WWI, Elspeth Dunn, a reclusive poet receives fan mail from a Mr. David Graham. One response turns into a steady correspondence between the two sight unseen.Over time, we find out Elspeth is in fact married, D...
I listened to the audio version of this book and found it extremely moving and engaging. There were several readers playing the part of individual characters. All were excellent.The book takes place in two parallel time zones of war, one beginning in 1912 and the other in 1940. It is told through a ...
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