Hope For The Future

Not long ago I read the first book of this series - Echos of the Past.  I was so enthralled by the plot line.  I loved the characters and was happy to see that this book continues the story. 

1930s Scotland. The three children of Weem and Jess Lowrie are making their way in the boating business. Times could be difficult. Choices had to be made to secure their futures.  

James was the oldest. He loved carrying on the family fishing business.  The sea called his name. He had many regrets and was only really happy when he was out at sea.

Bethany always wished that she could be at sea. But she was a woman.  And women stayed on land taking care of their spouse and family.  She kept her secrets and did everything she could to protect her son.

Innes was different. He was happy on land. He loved his wife and family.  He was the happiest of the three.  He did have a greater family life which Bethany and James did not.

A lot of drama. Excitement. Tears.

I absolutely loved it.

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I received this book from Boldwood to review.

Hope for the Future

Can a family escape its dark past to find happiness?

Buckie, Scotland 1918

Brothers James and Innes Lowrie return home to their wives and families after the war, Innes working for a shipbuilder and James returning to sea and the family's fishing business. Sister Bethany Pate and Innes have sons and heirs to go into the family business, but James does not. Innes takes in orphaned Etta Mulholland, adding to his already large family.

In 1931, as the new generation take the helm and pursue various careers in Buckie’s fishing industry, some are content to take on the roles their parents have chosen for them, while others rail against these strictures. Adam Pate longs to join the man he knows as his uncle, James, as a fisherman, while his mother wants him to study at university and to find a life far from the danger of discovering dark family secrets.

Trouble brews when Etta Mulholland begins work as a herring gutter, guided by her cousins, but new relationships set various family members against one another, and the family’s fortunes are threatened by external forces and the sea itself.

Is there light and happiness ahead for the hardworking families of Buckie or will discord from the past weave into their futures.

Storytelling at its best, Evelyn Hood is the original bestselling Scottish saga writer 💫

Previously published as A Sparkle of Salt

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Author Bio – 

The Sunday Times bestselling author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She was a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she also lived.

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