The flight of Gemma Hardy : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062064226
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Physical Description:
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446 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, c2012.
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General Note: | "Margot Livesey offers a new telling of Jane Eyre..."--Inside dustjacket. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Live (Text) | 33294001768019 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
When her widower father drowns at sea, ten-year-old Gemma Hardy, an only child, is taken from her native Iceland to Scotland, to live with her uncle's family. When she receives a scholarship to a private school, Gemma believes she's found the perfect solution, and she eagerly sets out again to a new home; but at Claypoole she finds herself treated as an unpaid servant. To Gemma's delight, the school finally goes bankrupt in 1959 and she takes a job as an au pair on the Orkney Islands. The remote Blackbird Hall belongs to Mr. Sinclair, a London businessman; his eight-year-old niece is Gemma's charge. The unlikely pair are drawn to one another, but their courtship is cut short by Gemma's discovery of a secret that has shadowed her employer's life; soon after, she resolves to flee to mainland Scotland and vows to forget Mr. Sinclair which proves harder than she imagines.