Leigh Leslie
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Language
English
Description
A shipwreck off the Inner Hebrides. The quest to recover lost jewellery. Four generations tormented. In 1817 a titled lady and her parure are lost at sea off the island of Islay. By chance crofter Hugh Ferguson finds the brooch and necklet of the parure. While Hugh and his wife think the find will provide their children with a legacy, in reality it dogs the lives and loves of four generations of the family from Scotland to England and beyond. Jan...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
This anthology of short stories is like that box of chocolates.
Set in a variety of locations and written over a number of decades, some of the stories are based on fact, others were sparked by an overheard word or phrase. There is a little bit of just about everything, just like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates.
Each story is entertaining in its own way. Tane grapples...