The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: A Novel

From The New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past 200 years."They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades.

I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.';1838: Northumberland, England.

Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her 22 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.