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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 27 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Imogen Church. |
| Summary |
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. 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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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Portraits -- Fiction.
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Shipwrecks -- England -- Northumberland -- Fiction.
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Northumberland (England) -- Fiction.
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Pregnant teenagers -- Fiction.
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Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Church, Imogen, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780062867087 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062867083 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12157321 |
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