"Achingly beautiful and full of heartfelt emotion, a gift from the sea stuns a fishing village community in this spellbinding novel."
Well now, this is a beauty! The Fisherman’s Gift is full of atmosphere and with its beautiful lyrical notes, sits in an almost otherworldly place. A remote fishing village in Scotland at the turn of the 20th century becomes both a sanctuary and a place of emotional torture to Dorothy. Author Julia Kelly writes with an exquisite pen, she understands the space in-between, where feelings tuck just out of sight and wait, biding their time. She has created a village of people that I felt I knew, each one an individual, every one vital to the story if only on the page for a moment. The perils and joys of community are felt within, each page turning with gossip, grief, hope, family, and love. I love how she gave an immense yet intimate voice to the sea. The years roll backwards and forwards in a wave, the glimpses into the past allowing understanding to grow. The fey dance on the edges, just a suggestion, but one that stayed with me and allowed goosebumps entry to my arms. I felt, I really really felt the sorrow and the aching of emotions, and know that this is a novel that will remain in my thoughts, so as well as a Liz Pick of the Month, this also joins our LoveReading Star Books. Poignant and bewitching, The Fisherman’s Gift weaves the most evocative and emotional story. Highly recommended.
The sea stole him from her. Could it bring him back?
Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea many years before.
When the village is snowed in, Dorothy agrees to look after the child until he can be returned home. But, as the past rises to meet the present, long-buried secrets in this tight-knit community start to come to light. And Dorothy finds herself thrown together again with the reclusive fisherman Joseph, after years of keeping their distance.
Bursting with tension and tenderness, this is an exquisite love story that delves into the precious moments that can lie behind village gossip.
The Fisherman's Gift features in the following genres: Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Sharing Diverse Voices, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues
The Fisherman's Gift is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Fisherman's Gift was written by Julia Kelly and published by Harvill Secker an imprint of Random House
The Fisherman's Gift has 354 pages
£15.29
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