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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

10/17/2018

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About The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 9, 2018)

From 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.

“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”

1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart.
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1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda’s family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love.
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Review:
Grace Darling is the daughter of the Longstone Lighthouse keeper in the Farne Islands.  She has dedicated her life to helping her father keep the light.  Although, for a young women in the 1830's, this is not the life that is expected of her.  Grace's life is put into the spotlight when she assists her father in rescuing the survivors of a shipwreck.  One of the survivors of the shipwreck is Sarah Dawson, who has lost both of her children to the sea.  Sarah is also the brother of George Emmerson, an artist who visited Longstone and formed a strong bond with Grace.  Grace and Sarah become fast friends after their ordeal on the island and share a bond of courage and heartache.

One hundred years later, Sarah's great-great granddaughter, Matilda arrives in Rhode Island disgraced and pregnant, sent away from her hometown in Ireland to stay with her cousin and lighthouse keeper, Harriet.  To keep herself busy Matilda sorts through an old chest, finding momentos of Grace Darling and George Emmerson. By learning the stories of Grace, Sarah and Harriet, Matilda finds strength within herself to what must be done.


The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is a story of courage and bravery carried through time.  The phrase "Even the brave were once afraid" is a theme throughout the book and something that each character realizes over time.  I was pleased to learn  the history of Grace Darling, I name I have heard of, but didn't know anything about.  Much of what is written about Grace is fact-based and well researched.  Through the writing I could perfectly picture Grace and her attention to her duties and well as her unease at becoming a heroine for simply performing the duty of a lighthouse keeper.  Matilda and Harriet's story took a little bit longer to capture my attention; however, when all of the secrets throughout time are revealed, their bravery shines through and everything falls into place.   As always, Hazel Gaynor's writing transports me easily through time periods with poise and captures multiple characters personalities perfectly.  Overall, an amazing story of courage and love. 
This book was received for free in return for an honest review. 

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About Hazel Gaynor

​HAZEL GAYNOR is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Memory of Violets and The Girl Who Came Home, for which she received the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award. Her third novel, The Girl from the Savoy, was an Irish Times and Globe & Mail Canada bestseller, and was shortlisted for the BGE Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year. In 2017, she has published The Cottingley Secret and Last Christmas in Paris. Hazel was selected by US Library Journal as one of ‘Ten Big Breakout Authors’ for 2015 and her work has been translated into several languages. Hazel lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.

Find out more about Hazel at her website, and connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Heather J @ TLC Book Tours link
10/18/2018 09:18:53 pm

Thanks for being on the tour!

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