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The Skylark's Secret

By: Fiona Valpy
Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison
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Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper's daughter Flora's remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy's Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird's son falls in love with Flora, and as tensions build in their disrupted home, any chance of their happiness seems doomed.

Decades later, Flora's daughter, singer Lexie Gordon, is forced to return to the village and to the tiny cottage where she grew up. Having long ago escaped to the bright lights of the West End, London still never truly felt like home. Now back, with a daughter of her own, Lexie learns that her mother - and the hostile-seeming village itself - have long been hiding secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew.

As she pieces together the fragments of her parents' story, Lexie discovers the courageous, devastating sacrifices made in her name. It's too late to rekindle her relationship with her mother, but can Lexie find it in her heart to forgive the past, to grieve for all that's lost, and finally find her place in the world?

©2020 Fiona Valpy. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Inspiring
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A gentle enjoyable story with a lovely atmospheric Scottish setting. Not likely to be realistic.

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Loved the narrators soft Scottish accent & the lyrical traditional songs
Brought to life the impact of the war on a remote Scottish community & reminded me of the horrendous experiences of the convoys across the Atlantic & on to the Russian convoys
Very touching love affairs also

Interesting people & history

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Beautifully read and written. Characters and Scotland brought to life. You could visualise the story

Brilliant! Good storyline

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Oh Wow ~ a magnificent Scotish story ~ enhanced fully but the Scotish narrator. A mesmerising story, which I couldn't put down. The author has the rate ability to transport the reader to the time & place. I would highly recommend this book, a very absorbing read.

The Skylark's Secret

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I loved the lilting voice of the reader, this made the Scottish setting of the story believable

Great scottish tale.

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