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The Flight of Gemma Hardy
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The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Margot Livesey (Author) (edit contributors)

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Taken from her native Iceland to Scotland in the early 1950s when her widower father drowns at sea, young Gemma Hardy comes to live with her kindly uncle and his family. But his death leaves Gemma under the care of her resentful aunt, and she suddenly finds herself an unwelcome guest.... read more

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  • “But both these feelings also fled when something almost as unusual as the arrival of a letter occurred: my aunt put her arm around me. Unthinkingly I curved my shoulders to fit her embrace. It was so long since anyone had touched me with even a semblance of affection.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “Like Mr. Johnson, she offered tea, and this time I accepted. I didn't care for the bitter liquid but I knew that enjoying it was a badge of adulthood. Under Vicky's direction I moved the kettle to the centre of the hob, warmed the pot, and measured out the tea-leaves. With two spoonfuls of sugar, the result was drinkable.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “On Sunday I drew my curtains to find the sky once again cloudless, but the blue had shifted slightly, from cerulean to azure, as if, far away, a veil had fallen.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “I told him then about my parents and how they had survived their long engagement by looking at the North Star, the one thing, despite the eight hundred miles between Scotland and Iceland, that they reliably had in common.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “I don't want a promise to govern my feelings; I want my feelings to lead to a promise.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “The feeling that had no name was gone. How had that happened? But I added it to my litany of stern reminders: a single kiss, a single embrace meant nothing.”
    Gemma Hardy
  • “"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was one of my uncle's favorite books," I said. "He thought everyone had to struggle between the good and bad parts of himself."”
    Gemma Hardy

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Dedication
Part I
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Part II
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Part III
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Part IV
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Part V
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Margot Livesy
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher

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This book is in 2012 Published Books. (community list)

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  1. Margot Livesey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 24, 2012
ISBN: 0062064223
Page Count: 464

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Reading Level: Young Adults

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