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The Flight of Gemma Hardy

Margot Livesey

Hardcover | Pages: 443 pages

Rating: 3.6 | 14460 Users | 2542 Reviews

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Title	:	The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Author	:	Margot Livesey
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 443 pages
Published	:	January 24th 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 2012)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Scotland. Adult Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age

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When her widower father drowns at sea, Gemma Hardy is taken from her native Iceland to Scotland to live with her kind uncle and his family. But the death of her doting guardian leaves Gemma under the care of her resentful aunt, and it soon becomes clear that she is nothing more than an unwelcome guest at Yew House. When she receives a scholarship to a private school, ten-year-old Gemma believes she's found the perfect solution and eagerly sets out again to a new home. However, at Claypoole she finds herself treated as an unpaid servant.

To Gemma's delight, the school goes bankrupt, and she takes a job as an au pair on the Orkney Islands. The remote Blackbird Hall belongs to Mr. Sinclair, a London businessman; his eight-year-old niece is Gemma's charge. Even before their first meeting, Gemma is, like everyone on the island, intrigued by Mr. Sinclair. Rich (by Gemma's standards), single, flying in from London when he pleases, Hugh Sinclair fills the house with life. An unlikely couple, the two are drawn to each other, but Gemma's biggest trial is about to begin: a journey of passion and betrayal, redemption and discovery, that will lead her to a life of which she's never dreamed.

Set in Scotland and Iceland in the 1950s and '60s, The Flight of Gemma Hardy--a captivating homage to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre--is a sweeping saga that resurrects the timeless themes of the original but is destined to become a classic all its own.

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Original Title:	The Flight of Gemma Hardy
ISBN:	0062064223 (ISBN13: 9780062064226)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Gemma Hardy, Hugh Sinclair
Setting:	Orkney Islands, Scotland
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2012)

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Ratings: 3.6 From 14460 Users | 2542 Reviews

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I'm giving this book 3.5 stars. This is a modern-day adaptation of Jane Eyre, one of my favorite books. This book follows the basic framework of the original. Having recently read Jane Eyre, it was easy for me to follow the storyline and "plug-in" the characters. Unfortunately for me, it was probably one of the reasons I didn't "love" this book. I wanted to like this book more, but my love of Jane's character got in the way and I couldn't separate her from Gemma. Gemma is interesting, but not

In her acknowledgements, Margot Livesey writes that her literary inspiration for this tale should be clear. I would argue that "inspiration" is too weak a word for the novel whose events are, with very few exceptions, scrupulously followed from start (the orphaned niece hiding behind the curtains reading a book about birds) to finish (reconciliation with the metaphorical lord of the manor). Because Gemma Hardy is retracing Jane Eyre's footsteps, reading this book became more an exercise in

If you have ever wanted to read "Jane Eyre" without suffering through the prose of Charlotte Bronte, this might be the book for you. (Or it might not. Stripped of the prose of Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre" can be a pretty ridiculous story. Stripped of Jane herself, it is worse.)This book was suggested to me as a modern retelling of "Jane Eyre". I did not expect it to be a step-by-step translation, but before I was 20 pages in, I had reread the argument between Jane and her cousin in her dead

Elizabeth wrote in her review that the major point in this books favor is that it doesnt skip over Jane Eyres childhood, unlike most other retellings generally do: mostly in order to get to the fun Gothic Rochester stuff. I think that that is the right way to approach this novel, its certainly what Livesey has the most to say about, and it is her strongest section. The atmosphere that she created for the books opening was entirely appropriate. Everything is hard, a little bit sharp, with a

The first line of this novel -- We did not go for a walk on the first day of the year. -- echoes that of Charlotte Brontë's classic Jane Eyre -- There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. However, while Livesey's take echoes and mirrors the classic, she has also created an original and appealing heroine that I fell in love with and wanted to have as a friend.Gemma, like Jane, finds herself an unloved and unwanted outsider in her aunt's home after her beloved uncle dies. Desperate only

originally appeared on:Bookshelf ConfessionsI havent read Jane Eyre, yeah, I know, you cant believe me. But I live in the Philippines, and were not required to study English Classic Literatures, except when you majored in it in college. So, I have nothing to compare The Flight of Gemma Hardy to.Even though this book is a tribute to Brontes Jane Eyre, I find myself falling for this books charm alone. I dont need to compare it with the original classic, because this one is not an old classic, but

One friend picked this book as her top read of 2015, and when I realized it was a cold weather island book and I had downloaded it on the Nook app during a sale, I decided to give it a try. The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a more modern (but not contemporary) retelling of Jane Eyre, with a slight shift in location to Scottish islands and Iceland from the usual moors. Set in the 1960s, it doesn't often feel like the time period matters except for some of the tiny details about cultural shift (the