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The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

Margot Livesey‘s “The Flight of Gemma Hardy” is a modern homage to one of my favorite novels, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Icelandic born Gemma first loses her mother, then her father, before being taken to Scotland by her doting uncle. Jane’s daunting Lowood School becomes Gemma’s Claypoole. Only Claypoole closes early and a young, brightContinue reading “The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey”