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This was told in 2 timelines-one in 1838, which was based on the real life story of Grace Darling and her rescue of shipwreck survivors off the Farne Islands. The 1938 timeline focused on Matilda Emmerson, a lonely 19year old who is shipped from Ireland to RI and who is a distant relative of one of the shipwreck survivors. I especially liked Matilda‘s story. The ending had me in tears. Again.

This is my #doublespin for July @TheAromaofBooks

#JulyJourneys #Lighthouse

The tagged book had characters & events based on two-real-life woman lighthouse keepers, Grace Darling (U.K.) & Ida Lewis (U.S.) & reading it for a book tour a few years ago inspired me to buy a copy of Women Who Kept the Lights to learn more (although I confess I haven‘t gotten around to reading it yet.📚📚📚🤷🏻‍♀️📚📚📚📚📚)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A beautiful story of love, loss and family secrets. The story is seen through the eyes of Matilda Emerson snd Grace Darling a century apart.

I really wanted to like this book because I adore lighthouse stories but it just didn‘t grab me. It plodded along gloomily, with very little happening after the initial few chapters. I realize that it was based on a true story and the facts can‘t be changed to make for more interesting reading but I really couldn‘t find anything in it to make me want to keep reading. Perhaps this just isn‘t the right time to read such a sad book.

I stuck with this book; it was interesting at times. I am giving it a so-so rating because I‘m not compelled to rave about it and recommend it to friends.

#WomaninHistory #MagnificentMarch
Grace Darling - A true hero and this was a great fictionalised story of her life. The ending got me though. 😢

#BookReport
Been a good reading week, finished these six books and read 2044 pages.
Also part way in three other books:
1. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - 69%
2. The Templar Inheritance by Mario Reading - 12%
3. The Nightmare by Lars Kepler - 15%
@Cinfhen

I‘ve not read any of Hazel Gaynor‘s books before, but am sold after reading this excellent book. This is a dual timeline book, with the main theme being based around the heroine Grace Darling, and follows events during and after her famous rescue off the Farne Islands in 1838. The other storyline relates to a woman who goes from Ireland to Rhode Island to live with her reclusive relative in a lighthouse in Rhode Island. A great story. Recommended.

"Enchantment is a fickle mistress, Mr. Emmerson. We would all do well to be wary of her." - Grace Darling from The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor

Happy Monday everyone!!! 😁

Thanks for the fun #ManicMonday #EmojiMadness @JoScho !!! 🙌😊

3⭐
This book told the story of Grace Darling, a heroine who in 1838 saved the live of several people shipwrecked off the coast of Northumberland. She is a real person, but this is a fictional account. Matilda's story, which is set in 1938, is woven in with Grace's. My rating is actually between pick and so-so.

Hazel Gaynor beautifully intertwines two narratives-one of a young pregnant Irish woman abandoned by her family in 1938 and real life Victorian heroine, Grace Darling, in 1838. Have the Kleenex handy for this one. Love, love, love all of Hazel Gaynor‘s books. 💙

Once again, Gaynor made me cry. This beautiful, poignant & inspiring story is a must read!

✔ Inspired by the true story of Grace Darling
✔ Dual timeline - 1838 & 1938
✔ Atmospheric writing, beautiful prose
✔ Well-researched book
✔ Endearing characters

Rating: 5🌟

For my full review please visit https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2578361033

#historicalfiction #factandfiction

💕 this!
#qotd

Reviewed last week on the blog for book tour. Another great historical from Gaynor featuring courageous women, set 100 years apart in lighthouses. Grace Darling (a real person) becomes a celebrity in 1838 when she helps rescue passengers of a shipwreck. In 1938 pregnant Mathilda Emerson is sent from Ireland to stay with Harriet, a lighthouse keeper in Rhode Island. Paired with clam chowder & cheese toast w/ soft-boiled egg. Review/recipe link👇🏻

I loved this book so much, I almost don‘t know what to say. Dual timelines, multiple POVs, historical fiction based on a real person. Ms Gaynor connects these people so beautifully, I‘m overcome. Every character is excellent; no unlikeable characters, no drama, none of that. This is just a well-crafted story about two women and the choices they make, the people they keep around them, and how they end up being connected. It is absolutely WONDERFUL.

Grace Darling helped rescue shipwrecked passengers and became famous in 1838. A century later, Matilda is sent to a distant relative who keeps a lighthouse to wait out her scandalous pregnancy. This was an engrossing historical novel. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2018/10/review-lighthouse-keepers-daughter-by.ht...

I've been hearing lots of good feedback about The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter so I scooped it up as soon as it came in this afternoon.

My best reading month this year!

Lots of 5🌟
✔ The Lost Girls Of Paris (Pam Jenoff)
✔ The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (Hazel Gaynor)
✔ Doctor Sleep (Stephen King)
✔ On The Edge Of Now: No Man's Land (Brian McCullough)
✔ Christ's Call To Reform The Church (John MacArthur)

😁 Finished a 6 books series + prequel ➡️ On The Edge Of Now

😔 Almost BAILED on The Clockmaker's Daughter (Kate Morton)

#OctStats #Oct2018Stats #OctWrapUp

Promising, but the dual narrative interrupts the action at points. The endings in both the timelines felt rushed, especially given how much time was devoted to building the plots. Not a bad book, but I expect a bit more from my historical fiction.

I love historical fiction, and especially lighthouses. Historical fiction about lighthouses and the 1938 hurricane that my dad used to talk about (he was 10 when it virtually wrecked the RI coast)? Oh hell yes.

📚 No 😐
📚 Soon. Just got my NetGalley request for The Lost Girls of Paris approved 😁
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📚 Hazel Gaynor. Looking forward to her latest release The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter in 2 weeks!

Thanks for today's #TuesdayTidbits @SilversReviews ! I think I'll check out Beatriz Williams and Charles Belfoure books now! 😁

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