Letters from Skye (Thorndike Press Large Print Peer Picks) - Hardcover

Brockmole, Jessica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410462137 ISBN 13: 9781410462138

Verlag: Thorndike Pr, 2013

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Advance praise for "Letters from Skye"

""Letters from Skye" is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance."
--Vanessa Diffenbaugh, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Language of Flowers"

"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, "Letters From Skye" gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amidst the gripping panorama of a changing world -- an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery."
--Kate Alcott, author of "The Dressmaker"

"Jessica Brockmole's "Letters from Skye" is a fascinating, lyrical tale of love and loss. Gracefully weaving the tales of lovers and brothers and sisters spanning two wars, Brockmole expertly explores the toll of both honesty and deception upon hearts battered by war and society's expectations."
--Melanie Benjamin, author of "The Aviator's Wife"

Advance praise for "Letters from Skye"
""Letters from Skye" is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance."
--Vanessa Diffenbaugh, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Language of Flowers"
"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, "Letters From Skye" gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amidst the gripping panorama of a changing world -- an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery."
--Kate Alcott, author of "The Dressmaker"
"Jessica Brockmole's "Letters from Skye" is a fascinating, lyrical tale of love and loss. Gracefully weaving the tales of lovers and brothers and sisters spanning two wars, Brockmole expertly explores the toll of both honesty and deception upon hearts battered by war and society's expectations."
--Melanie Benjamin, author of "The Aviator's Wife"

Advance praise for "Letters from Skye"

"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, "Letters From Skye" gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world--an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery."--Kate Alcott, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Dressmaker"
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"Jessica Brockmole's "Letters from Skye" is a fascinating, lyrical tale of love and loss. Gracefully weaving the tales of lovers and brothers and sisters spanning two wars, Brockmole expertly explores the toll of both honesty and deception upon hearts battered by war and society's expectations."--Melanie Benjamin, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Aviator's Wife"
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"Jessica Brockmole is a gifted storyteller who weaves beauty and emotion into her pages. "Letters from Skye" will tug at your heart and make you long for the salty air of the Isle of Skye."--Sarah Jio, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Last Camellia "and" Blackberry Winter"

""Letters from Skye" is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance."--Vanessa Diffenbaugh, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Language of Flowers"

Praise for "Letters from Skye"

"A love story to the power of the written word.""--USA Today"

"Jessica Brockmole is a gifted storyteller who weaves beauty and emotion into her pages. "Letters from Skye" will tug at your heart and make you long for the salty air of the Isle of Skye."--Sarah Jio, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Last Camellia "and" Blackberry Winter"

""Letters from Skye" is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance."--Vanessa Diffenbaugh, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Language of Flowers

""[A] remarkable story of two women, their loves, their secrets, and two world wars . . . [in which] the beauty of Scotland, the tragedy of war, the longings of the heart, and the struggles of a family torn apart by disloyalty are brilliantly drawn, leaving just enough blanks to be filled by the reader's imagination."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)

"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, "Letters From Skye" gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world--an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery."--Kate Alcott, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Dressmaker"
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""By turns lyrical and flirtatious, Brockmole's debut charms with its wistful evocation of a time when handwritten, eagerly awaited letters could bespell besotted lovers."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Jessica Brockmole's "Letters from Skye" is a fascinating, lyrical tale of love and loss. Gracefully weaving the tales of lovers and brothers and sisters spanning two wars, Brockmole expertly explores the toll of both honesty and deception upon hearts battered by war and society's expectations."--Melanie Benjamin, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Aviator's Wife"
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Praise for "Letters from Skye"
"A love story to the power of the written word.""--USA Today"
"A charming vintage love story . . . Brockmole's graceful writing . . . lets the letters carry readers back to a time when war raged and life itself was writ large."--"Booklist"
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"Sensitive and absorbing and unique."--Fredericksburg "Free Lance-Star"
"Jessica Brockmole is a gifted storyteller who weaves beauty and emotion into her pages. "Letters from Skye" will tug at your heart and make you long for the salty air of the Isle of Skye."--Sarah Jio, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Last Camellia "and" Blackberry Winter"
""Letters from Skye" is a captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope to triumph over time and circumstance."--Vanessa Diffenbaugh, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Language of Flowers
""[A] remarkable story of two women, their loves, their secrets, and two world wars . . . [in which] the beauty of Scotland, the tragedy of war, the longings of the heart, and the struggles of a family torn apart by disloyalty are brilliantly drawn, leaving just enough blanks to be filled by the reader's imagination."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)
"A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, "Letters From Skye" gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world--an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery."--Kate Alcott, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Dressmaker"
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""By turns lyrical and flirtatious, Brockmole's debut charms with its wistful evocation of a time when handwritten, eagerly awaited letters could bespell besotted lovers."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Jessica Brockmole's "Letters from Skye" is a fascinating, lyrical tale of love and loss. Gracefully weaving the tales of lovers and brothers and sisters spanning two wars, Brockmole expertly explores

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A sweeping love story told in letters spans two world wars and follows the correspondence between a water-phobic poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye and an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French Army, an affair that is discovered years later when the poet disappears. (historical fiction).

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• Verlag: Thorndike Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1410462137
• ISBN 13: 9781410462138
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 353