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.
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. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island.
Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart.
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. 1838: Northumberland, England.
I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.
They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades.
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
