Jessica Brockmole

En 1926 Ethel Wild y Florrie Daniels, amigas de la infancia que acaban de reencontrarse, inician un viaje en coche desde Nueva Jersey rumbo al oeste. A medida que avanza el trayecto la relación entre ellas va cambiando. En 1952, en Los Angeles, la estrell

1952. B-list movie star Louise Wildes acting career has stalled and her marriage is on shaky ground when she learns shes inherited screenwriter Florence Daniels entire estate, a woman she has never met. Her confusion grows when she discovers a cache of old photographs of Ms. Daniels with her late mother.1926. Two friends, Ethel Wild and Florrie Daniels, embark on a cross-country adventure in Florries Model T. Florrie is moving to Hollywood while Ethel is trying to catch up with her husband in Nevada before hes able to start divorce proceedings.Told through diary entries, letters and film scripts, these three womens parallel stories and road trips see them journeying towards answers and destinations they never expected.

18 June, 1940Oh, my Margaret,You have no secrets from me, but I''ve kept a part of myself locked away, always. A part of me that started scratching at the wall the day this other war started, that started howling to get out right now, the day you ran off to meet your soldier.I should have told you, should''ve taught you to steel your heart. Taught you that a letter isn''t always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul. If only you knew.MotherElspeth is fond of saying to her daughter that ''the first volume of my life is out of print''. But when a bomb hits an Edinburgh street and Margaret finds her mother crouched in the ruins of her bedroom pulling armfuls of yellowed letters onto her lap, the past Elspeth has kept so carefully locked away is out in the open. The next day, Elspeth disappears.Left alone with the letters, Margaret discovers a mother she never knew existed: a poet living on the Isle of Skye who in 1912 answered a fan letter from an impetuous young man in Illinois.Without having to worry about appearances or expectations, Elspeth and Davey confess their dreams and their worries, things they''ve never told another soul. Even without meeting, they know one another.Played out across oceans, in peacetime and wartime but most of all through paper and ink, Letters from Skye is about the transformative power of a letter - the letter that shouldn''t have been sent, the letter that is never sent and the letter the reader will keep for ever.

«Una novela tierna, emocionante, original y llena de detalles sobre la primera época de Hollywood. Después de haber leído esta impresionante novela dan muchas ganas de hacer un largo viaje en coche.»

1952. B-list movie star Louise Wilde's acting career has stalled and her marriage is on shaky ground when she learns she's inherited screenwriter Florence Daniels' entire estate, a woman she has never met. Her confusion grows when she discovers a cache of old photographs of Ms. Daniels with her late mother. 1926. Two friends, Ethel Wild and Florrie Daniels, embark on a cross-country adventure in Florrie's Model T. Florrie is moving to Hollywood while Ethel is trying to catch up with her husband in Nevada before he's able to start divorce proceedings. Told through diary entries, letters and film scripts, these three women's parallel stories and road trips see them journeying towards answers and destinations they never expected.

Marzo de 1912. Elspeth Dunn —una joven escritora que jamás ha abandonado su hogar en la remota isla escocesa de Skye— recibe la carta de un admirador norteamericano. La firma el universitario David G

Dues guerres els van separar. Però a través de les cartes van aconseguir ser qui volien ser.Illa de Skye, 25 de març del 1912 Benvolgut senyor Graham,Hauria d’haver vist quin enrenou que hi va haver

Marzo de 1912: Elspeth Dunn es una escritora de veinte cuatro años que jamás ha abandonado su hogar en la remota isla de Skye. Un día, recibe sorprendida la carta de un admirador que le escribe desde Estados Unidos. La firma David Graham, un estudiante universitario, y supone para ella una puerta al mundo. A través de la correspondencia comparten sus mayores secretos, hasta que acaban enamorándose. Cuando estalla la I Guerra Mundial, David se alista en el frente como voluntario y Elspeth se queda en Skye con la única esperanza de que David sobreviva. Junio de 1940: en plena segunda Guerra Mundial, la hija de Elspeth, Margaret, se enamora de un piloto inglés. Su madre trata de disuadirla, lo cual sorprende a Margaret. Un día Elspeth desaparece. Su hija trata de dar con ella a través de unas cartas que encuentra. Son las que David y su madre se intercambiaron décadas atrás. La búsqueda de la madre llevará a Margaret a desvelar un pasado del que poco sabía.