The lighthouse keeper's daughter
Gaynor, Hazel
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1838: Northumberland
England. When lighthouse keeper's daughter
Grace Darling
is involved in the daring rescue of the stranded survivors of a terrible shipwreck
she becomes one of the most celebrated women of her age. But the friendship that develops between Grace and an artist who sets out to capture her subtle beauty
is far more precious to her than her unwanted fame.1938: Newport
Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old
pregnant and in disgrace
Matilda Emmerson has been banished from Ireland to stay with her reclusive relative
Harriet
the assistant lighthouse keeper. When a discarded
half-finished portrait opens a window into her family history
Matilda finds her destiny inextricably linked to Grace Darling.
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