The Cottingley Secret - Gaynor, Hazel
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I said my story had many beginnings, and the day the camera arrived was one of them. After all, without the camera, there wouldn't have been any photographs. Without the camera, I wouldn't have a story to tell. . . . 1917 . . . In a world torn apart by war, two young Yorkshire cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, announce that something marvelous has happened. They've photographed actual fairies, those ethereal creatures of mischief, living in their Cottingley, England, garden. The girls become a national sensation. The photos are declared real by none other than Sir Arthur Conan…mehr

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I said my story had many beginnings, and the day the camera arrived was one of them. After all, without the camera, there wouldn't have been any photographs. Without the camera, I wouldn't have a story to tell. . . . 1917 . . . In a world torn apart by war, two young Yorkshire cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, announce that something marvelous has happened. They've photographed actual fairies, those ethereal creatures of mischief, living in their Cottingley, England, garden. The girls become a national sensation. The photos are declared real by none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And a nation torn apart by tragedy embraces this amazing event. Together, the cousins keep their secret about the photos for decades, until they decide it's time to tell the truth. One hundred years later . . . Olivia Kavanagh inherits her grandfather's bookshop, and is amazed to find a manuscript that has been hidden away for decades. She becomes fascinated by the tale it tells. But it's the discovery of an old photograph that leads her to realize how the story of Frances and Elsie intertwines with hers, connecting past to present . . . and blurring what is real and what is imagined.
Autorenporträt
Hazel Gaynor is the award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Memory of Violets and The Girl Who Came Home, for which she received the 2015 Romantic Novelists' Association Historical Romantic Novel of the Year award. Her third novel, The Girl from The Savoy, was an Irish Times and Globe and Mail bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year. Her most recent novel, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, was a USA Today and Irish Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award. Hazel's work has been translated into fourteen languages. She lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.
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Praise for The Cottingley Secret

'Enchanting, magical... This book reminds us that we are never too old to believe in magic.' Carmel Harrington

'Perfect fireside read' Sunday Independent

'This is a gorgeous, uplifting, magical book that will have you hooked from the start.' Gill Paul author of The Secret Wife

'I adored The Cottingley Secret ... an enchanting and enthralling tale of childhood magic.' Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's Tale

'An artful weaving of old legends with new realities' Kate Alcott, author of The Dressmaker

'Brings the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies thrillingly to life' Kate Forsyth author of Bitter Greens

'A magical journey in perfect prose' Books Ireland

Praise for Hazel Gaynor:

'Addictive, charming and gleaming with Jazz Age glitz' The Lady

'Sumptuous, gorgeous, authentic and surprising, Hazel Gaynor has written another hit.' Sunday Independent

'Peopled with unforgettable characters...Once begun, I dare you to put it down.' Kathleen Tessaro, author of The Perfume Collector