Jessica Brockmole

En 1926 Ethel Wild y Florrie Daniels, amigas de la infancia que acaban de reencontrarse, inician un viaje en coche desde Nueva Jersey rumbo al oeste. A medida que avanza el trayecto la relación entre ellas va cambiando. En 1952, en Los Angeles, la estrell

1952. B-list movie star Louise Wildes acting career has stalled and her marriage is on shaky ground when she learns shes inherited screenwriter Florence Daniels entire estate, a woman she has never met. Her confusion grows when she discovers a cache of old photographs of Ms. Daniels with her late mother.1926. Two friends, Ethel Wild and Florrie Daniels, embark on a cross-country adventure in Florries Model T. Florrie is moving to Hollywood while Ethel is trying to catch up with her husband in Nevada before hes able to start divorce proceedings.Told through diary entries, letters and film scripts, these three womens parallel stories and road trips see them journeying towards answers and destinations they never expected.

18 June, 1940Oh, my Margaret,You have no secrets from me, but I''ve kept a part of myself locked away, always. A part of me that started scratching at the wall the day this other war started, that started howling to get out right now, the day you ran off to meet your soldier.I should have told you, should''ve taught you to steel your heart. Taught you that a letter isn''t always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul. If only you knew.MotherElspeth is fond of saying to her daughter that ''the first volume of my life is out of print''. But when a bomb hits an Edinburgh street and Margaret finds her mother crouched in the ruins of her bedroom pulling armfuls of yellowed letters onto her lap, the past Elspeth has kept so carefully locked away is out in the open. The next day, Elspeth disappears.Left alone with the letters, Margaret discovers a mother she never knew existed: a poet living on the Isle of Skye who in 1912 answered a fan letter from an impetuous young man in Illinois.Without having to worry about appearances or expectations, Elspeth and Davey confess their dreams and their worries, things they''ve never told another soul. Even without meeting, they know one another.Played out across oceans, in peacetime and wartime but most of all through paper and ink, Letters from Skye is about the transformative power of a letter - the letter that shouldn''t have been sent, the letter that is never sent and the letter the reader will keep for ever.

«Una novela tierna, emocionante, original y llena de detalles sobre la primera época de Hollywood. Después de haber leído esta impresionante novela dan muchas ganas de hacer un largo viaje en coche.»

The acclaimed author of Letters from Skye returns with an extraordinary story of a friendship born of proximity but boundless in the face of separation and war. Luc Crépet is accustomed to his mothers bringing wounded creatures to their idyllic chateau in the French countryside, where healing comes naturally amid the lush wildflowers and crumbling stone walls. Yet his mamans newest project is the most surprising: a fifteen-year-old Scottish girl grieving over her parents fate. A curious child with an artistic soul, Clare Ross finds solace in her connection to Luc, and she in turn inspires him in ways he never thought possible. Then, just as suddenly as Clare arrives, she is gone, whisked away by her grandfather to the farthest reaches of the globe. Devastated by her departure, Luc begins to write letters to Clareand, even as she moves from Portugal to Africa and beyond, the memory of the summer they shared keeps her grounded. Years later, in the wake of World War I, Clare, now an artist, returns to France to help create facial prostheses for wounded soldiers. One of the wary veterans who comes to the studio seems familiar, and as his mask takes shape beneath her fingers, she recognizes Luc. But is this soldier, made bitter by battle and betrayal, the same boy who once wrote her wistful letters from Paris? After war and so many years apart, can Clare and Luc recapture how they felt at the edge of that long-ago summer? Bringing to life two unforgettable characters and the rich historical period they inhabit, Jessica Brockmole shows how love and forgiveness can redeem us. Praise for Jessica Brockmoles Letters From Skye 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.Publishers Weekly (starred review) Tantalizing . . . sure to please readers who enjoyed other epistolary novels like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.Stratford Gazette An absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery.Kate Alcott, author of The Dressmaker A sweeping and sweet (but not saccharine) love story.USA Today [A] dazzling little jewel.Richmond Times-Dispatch A captivating love story that celebrates the power of hope.Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers

A woman sets out on a cross-country road trip, unknowingly tracing in reverse the path her mother traveled thirty years before.Tender, touching, original, and rich with delicious period detail of Hollywoods heydaybuckle up, because youll definitely want to go on a road trip after reading this delightful book!Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home In the 1950s, movie star Louise Wilde is caught between an unfulfilling acting career and a shaky marriage when she receives an out-of-the-blue phone call: She has inherited the estate of Florence Florrie Daniels, a Hollywood screenwriter she barely recalls meeting. Among Florries possessions are several unproduced screenplays, personal journals, andinexplicablyold photographs of Louises mother, Ethel. On an impulse, Louise leaves a film shoot in Las Vegas and sets off for her fathers house on the East Coast, hoping for answers about the curious inheritance and, perhaps, about her own troubled marriage. Nearly thirty years earlier, Florrie takes off on an adventure of her own, driving her Model T westward from New Jersey in pursuit of broader horizons. She has the promise of a Hollywood job and, in the passenger seat, Ethel, her best friend since childhood. Florrie will do anything for Ethel, who is desperate to reach Nevada in time to reconcile with her husband and reunite with her daughter. Ethel fears the loss of her marriage; Florrie, with long-held secrets confided only in her journal, fears its survival. In parallel tales, the three womenLouise, Florrie, Etheldiscover that not all journeys follow a map. As they rediscover their carefree selves on the road, they learn that sometimes the paths we follow are shaped more by our traveling companions than by our destinations.

1952. B-list movie star Louise Wilde's acting career has stalled and her marriage is on shaky ground when she learns she's inherited screenwriter Florence Daniels' entire estate, a woman she has never met. Her confusion grows when she discovers a cache of old photographs of Ms. Daniels with her late mother. 1926. Two friends, Ethel Wild and Florrie Daniels, embark on a cross-country adventure in Florrie's Model T. Florrie is moving to Hollywood while Ethel is trying to catch up with her husband in Nevada before he's able to start divorce proceedings. Told through diary entries, letters and film scripts, these three women's parallel stories and road trips see them journeying towards answers and destinations they never expected.

_______________________________________A sweeping love story told through letters, spanning two continents and two world wars. For fans of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, The Postmistress and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.UNITED BY LETTERS. SEPARATED BY AN OCEAN. DEVASTATED BY WAR.A letter isnt always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul.Elspeth Dunn, a published poet living on the Isle of Skye, answers her first fan letter from Davey Graham, an impetuous young man in Illinois. Without having to worry about appearances or expectations, Elspeth and Davey confess their hopes, dreams and fears, things theyve never told another soul. Even without meeting, they know one another.But as World War I engulfs Europe and Davey volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait on Skye, anxious for his return; wondering if theyll ever get a chance to meet.

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Marzo de 1912. Elspeth Dunn —una joven escritora que jamás ha abandonado su hogar en la remota isla escocesa de Skye— recibe la carta de un admirador norteamericano. La firma el universitario David G

Dues guerres els van separar. Però a través de les cartes van aconseguir ser qui volien ser.Illa de Skye, 25 de març del 1912 Benvolgut senyor Graham,Hauria d’haver vist quin enrenou que hi va haver

Marzo de 1912: Elspeth Dunn es una escritora de veinte cuatro años que jamás ha abandonado su hogar en la remota isla de Skye. Un día, recibe sorprendida la carta de un admirador que le escribe desde Estados Unidos. La firma David Graham, un estudiante universitario, y supone para ella una puerta al mundo. A través de la correspondencia comparten sus mayores secretos, hasta que acaban enamorándose. Cuando estalla la I Guerra Mundial, David se alista en el frente como voluntario y Elspeth se queda en Skye con la única esperanza de que David sobreviva. Junio de 1940: en plena segunda Guerra Mundial, la hija de Elspeth, Margaret, se enamora de un piloto inglés. Su madre trata de disuadirla, lo cual sorprende a Margaret. Un día Elspeth desaparece. Su hija trata de dar con ella a través de unas cartas que encuentra. Son las que David y su madre se intercambiaron décadas atrás. La búsqueda de la madre llevará a Margaret a desvelar un pasado del que poco sabía.