The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl.
What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the
women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth
lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and
the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on
Eleanor's fateful voyage to the New World, her book was passed down
through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came
of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it, but
her mother's tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare
Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or
so Alice hoped.
In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother
herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed
to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought
forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free
of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old
daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn's curiosity over the lineage she
never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone
and shell of the old house and Eleanor's book is finally found, Alice is
forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of
their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare.
In this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock, the
answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that
was always waiting to be written.
Praise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare:
"From the haunting first line, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
transports the reader to a mysterious land, time and family . . . the
captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance
hiding behind the untold secrets." --Patti Callahan, New York
Times bestselling author
- Historical women's fiction
- Stand-alone novel
- Book length: approximately 135,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
