Secrets, Love, and Family in Letters from Skye
Years later as the Second World War begins, Elspeth’s daughter, Margaret, discovers a letter from David. Margaret wants to know about the letter and the secrets that Elspeth has hidden from her daughter, but Elspeth disappears before any answers could be given. To find her mother and the truth Margaret must dig into her mother’s past in Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole.
This novel is told in a series of letters that go back and forth between just before World War I and World War II. The letters feel personal with humor, confessions, dreams, and even heartbreak. This story is about love and family, but also the power of our words.