The Last Pearl

FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE , this is a beautiful novel about one magnificent gem, and three lives bound together by fate ... 1879, York. Greta Costello must rely on her wits to survive. She finds refuge as a Saturday girl for an old jeweller, Saul Abrahams, and her eye for detail, her long fingers and appreciation of beauty persuade Saul to train her as a pearl stringer. This skill will lead her through hardship and pain towards a new life. 1879, Scotland. Jem Baillie knows the immense power of a perfect pearl. His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge. Spanning generations and continents, tracing the rivers of Scotland and the Mississippi, The Last Pearl is a sweeping novel of desire and revenge, of family and freedom, and of one woman's journey to open the shell she has built around herself to reveal the true beauty within. Praise for Leah Fleming 'I enjoyed it enormously.It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' RACHEL HORE 'A born storyteller' KATE ATKINSON The Last Pearl: one magnificent gem; three lives bound together by fate ... 1879, York. Greta Costello must rely on her wits to survive. She finds refuge as a Saturday girl for an old jeweller, Saul Abrahams, and her eye for detail, her long fingers and appreciation of beauty persuade Saul to train her as a pearl stringer. This skill will lead her through hardship and pain towards a new life. 1879, Scotland. Jem Baillie knows the immense power of a perfect pearl. His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge. Spanning generations and continents, tracing the rivers of Scotland and the Mississippi, The Last Pearl is a sweeping novel of desire and revenge, of family and freedom, and of one woman's journey to open the shell she has built around herself to reveal the true beauty within York, 1879. Greta Costello har vokst opp i en fattig familie, men får gå i lære hos den aldrende gullsmeden Saul Abrahams. Hun er svært fingernem, og lærer seg kunsten å træ perler. Da Saul dør arver Greta et smykke med en vakker, stor perle, og lover seg selv at hun aldri skal gi slipp på det. Skottland, 1879. Den unge gutten Jem Baillie vet alt om verdien av store perler. Han fant selv et nydelig eksemplar sammen med faren sin, som nå er død. Da en skruppelløs perlehandler svindler den verdifulle perlen fra Jems mor, sverger Jem at han en dag skal finne den igjen. Dette er en roman om skjebnens finurlige veier og hvordan besettelsen for en spesiell ting kan føre til at man glemmer det viktigste i livet. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS The Little Shop of Pearls is a place where dreams can come true, secrets revealed, joy and sorrow alike, where fake can be transformed into genuine and sad lives comforted . In making the lives of others brighter, can Greta Costello find happiness herself, opening the shell she has built around herself to reveal the woman within?