Margot Livesey: The Flight of Gemma Hardy

The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a captivating tale set in Scotland in the early 1960s, that is both an homage to and a modern variation on the enduring classic Jane Eyre. Fate has not been kind to Gemma Hardy, but she grows into an independent young woman with dreams of the future, accepting a position as an au pair on the remote and beautiful Orkney Islands. Her journey is one of passion and betrayal, secrets and lies, redemption and discovery, that will lead her to a life she's never dreamed of.