A quiet, powerful story about courage, loss, and connection…
A woman sorting through family relics uncovers a mystery that spans oceans and generations in Greig’s latest novel. The story moves between Sunderland in 2019 and Shetland in 1849, linking two lives separated by time but joined by loss and quiet determination. A handmade valentine links Eve Cummins to Gideon Thompson, a blacksmith who left Shetland in 1849 for the wilds of Rupert’s Land. As she traces his story across centuries, will she discover what truly endures?
Greig writes with clarity and restraint: she captures both the grit of 19th-century survival and the stillness of modern grief. Eve’s quiet search for home reflects Gideon’s struggle to move beyond mere survival. Their stories unfold slowly but never lose their steady pull. What emerges is less a tale of separation than a reflection on how love—kept in words and relics—survives the distances between us. Fans of thought-provoking, time-spanning romances will find much to admire here.
A gripping, deeply felt novel about legacy, strength, and the ties that draw us back home.
Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers Ltd
Pub date January 25, 2024
ISBN 978-1837940653
Price $19.97 (USD) Paperback, $3.99 Kindle edition