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May 18 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYA 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 poet, has never seen the world beyond her home on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye. So she is astonished when her first fan letter arrives, from a college student, David Graham, in far-away America. As the two strike up a correspondence—sharing their favorite books, wildest hopes, and deepest secrets—their exchanges blossom into friendship, and eventually into love. But as World War I engulfs Europe and David volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait for him on Skye, hoping he’ll survive.
About the Author
Jessica Brockmole is the author of the internationally bestselling LETTERS FROM SKYE, which was named one of the best books of 2013 by Publishers Weekly, AT THE EDGE OF SUMMER, and "Something Worth Landing For," a novella featured in FALL OF POPPIES: Stories of Love and the Great War. She lives in northern Indiana with her husband, two children, and far too many books.
