Because this isn’t the story of one lighthouse keeper’s daughter, but instead about two lighthouse keepers’ daughters, living in lighthouses both a century and an ocean apart.Īs the story opens, we aren’t sure what links our two heroines – although we certainly do find out. The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter might have been more appropriately titled if the apostrophe had been in a different place. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda’s family history. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace.
Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart.ġ938: Newport, Rhode Island. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her twenty-two years. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”ġ838: Northumberland, England. “ They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Book Depositoryįrom The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. Published by William Morrow Paperbacks on October 9, 2018
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