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The lighthouse keeper's daughter : a novel / by Hazel Gaynor.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher number: Z100133013 | Recorded BooksPublication details: Toronto : CNIB, 2019.Description: 1 computer optical disc (10 hr., 27 min.) : sound ; 12 cmContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • computer
ISBN:
  • 9780221026645
  • 0221026649
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Imogen Church.Summary: 1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling's home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda's family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love. 2018.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Daisy audiobooks (CNIB) Daisy audiobooks (CNIB) Hanover Public Library Staff Office CNIB FIC GAYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001255349

Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, 2018, p2018. 9780062867087

Imogen Church.

Audio and text.

1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling's home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda's family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love. 2018.

New York : Harper Audio ; 2018.

Digital audio book in DAISY format.

Requires DAISY talking book player.

Digital to DAISY.

DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.

Studio original.

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