Saskia's Journey

by Breslin Theresa (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $5.85

  Saskia is intrigued by an invitation to visit her great-aunt Alessandra. She realizes how little she knows about her roots but she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction for her future. Her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past, only then can Saskia break the cycle.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $4.23

  Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great-aunt Alessandra, who lives on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks, the boring career her parents have mapped out for her. Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community, Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots. Somehow, she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben. Just as the sea gives up its bounty, so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost, and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated. Only then can Saskia break free ...