In 1860, Alexander Ferguson, a newly ordained vicar and amateur evolutionary scientist, takes up his new parish, a poor, isolated patch on the remote Scottish island of Harris. He hopes to uncover the truth behind the legend of the selkies—mermaids or seal people who have been sighted off the north of Scotland for centuries. He has a more personal motive, too; family legend states that Alexander is descended from seal men.
As he struggles to be the good pastor he was called to be, his maid
Moira faces the terrible eviction of her family by Lord Marstone, whose
family owns the island. Their time on the island will irrevocably
change the course of both their lives, but the white house on the edge
of the dunes keeps its silence long after they are gone.
It will be more than a century before the Sea House reluctantly gives up its secrets. Ruth and Michael buy the grand but dilapidated building and begin to turn it into a home for the family they hope to have. Their dreams are marred by a shocking discovery. The tiny bones of a baby are buried beneath the house; the child's fragile legs are fused together—a mermaid child. Who buried the bones? And why? To heal her own demons, Ruth feels she must discover the secrets of her new home—but the answers to her questions may lie in her own traumatic past. The Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford is a sweeping tale of hope and redemption and a study of how we heal ourselves by discovering our histories.
My thoughts: I always say that everyone has their own boat to row so be kind...you never know just how full their boat might be. Ruth comes to the Sea House with her own troubles and much baggage that she struggles to unload. As you read deeper into the book you see how much Ruth has been through in her young life and how she has tried to move on and live her life with her husband Michael. You really feel her pain and suffering even if you have never experienced anything even remotely like that in your own life. This is a great end-of-summer beach read that I enjoyed.
It will be more than a century before the Sea House reluctantly gives up its secrets. Ruth and Michael buy the grand but dilapidated building and begin to turn it into a home for the family they hope to have. Their dreams are marred by a shocking discovery. The tiny bones of a baby are buried beneath the house; the child's fragile legs are fused together—a mermaid child. Who buried the bones? And why? To heal her own demons, Ruth feels she must discover the secrets of her new home—but the answers to her questions may lie in her own traumatic past. The Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford is a sweeping tale of hope and redemption and a study of how we heal ourselves by discovering our histories.
My thoughts: I always say that everyone has their own boat to row so be kind...you never know just how full their boat might be. Ruth comes to the Sea House with her own troubles and much baggage that she struggles to unload. As you read deeper into the book you see how much Ruth has been through in her young life and how she has tried to move on and live her life with her husband Michael. You really feel her pain and suffering even if you have never experienced anything even remotely like that in your own life. This is a great end-of-summer beach read that I enjoyed.
Don't miss The Sea
House, a stunning fiction debut from the
UK. Set in a house on the windswept coast of the Outer
Hebrides, Elisabeth Gifford's haunting tale
effortlessly bridges a gap of more than a century.
Adeptly interweaving two tales involving residents of the titular house,
Gifford sets up an absorbing mystery revolving around local lore and
myths about mermaids, selkies, and sealmen. Stretching seamlessly back
and forth through time, layers upon layers of secrets are slowly and
effectively peeled away in this evocative debut (Booklist).
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