{"product_id":"the-lighthouse-keepers-daughter-9780062698629","title":"The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Came Home\u003c\/em\u003e comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1838: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1938: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaynor, Hazel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHazel Gaynor is the award-winning \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Memory of Violets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Came Home\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she received the 2015 Romantic Novelists' Association Historical Romantic Novel of the Year award. Her third novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from The Savoy\u003c\/em\u003e, was an Irish Times and Globe and Mail bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year. Her most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award. Hazel's work has been translated into fourteen languages. She lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620666052882,"sku":"9780062698629","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c89a50f4-ccee-408d-a881-92f1cd8f1370.jpg?v=1732570701","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lighthouse-keepers-daughter-9780062698629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}