--- product_id: 4460397 title: "Letters from Skye: A Novel" brand: "jessica brockmole" price: "NT$1163" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4460397-letters-from-skye-a-novel store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # Letters from Skye: A Novel **Brand:** jessica brockmole **Price:** NT$1163 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Letters from Skye: A Novel by jessica brockmole - **How much does it cost?** NT$1163 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4460397-letters-from-skye-a-novel) ## Best For - jessica brockmole enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jessica brockmole brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Letters from Skye: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qpAqKwg9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Did Not Get Sense of Place . . . *by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015* Don't get me wrong, "Letters from Skye" by Jessica Brockmole is a charming novel of love and loss during the two World Wars. However, as I've been planning--at least in my mind--a visit to the Highlands, I expected "Skye" as in the Isle of Skye to be more present in this offering. Some rudimentary descriptions tell us of fog and fishermen, but I anticipated feeling the lengthy walks over hilly terrain in all of my muscles; I wanted to feel the chill, smell the peat, see spectacular lights in the sky as well as languish over sunrises and sunsets. I wanted to meet the characters who live around the main character, Elspeth; I wanted to revel in their lifestyles and their eccentricities. Perhaps the blame lies in Brockmole's choice to write her story in an epistolary format. I imagine it to be more difficult for a writer to attach a strong sense of place without adding a lot of redundant descriptions--comments about the sea and sky that to the letter writer and reader who have already shared a referenced event would come across as false or overblown--within the medium of only letters. In this regard, Brockmole should have either named her novel something else--something more generic--like "Letters from the Great War" or "Letters from a Poet in Love"--or told a straightforward story in a third or first person voice. In  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , Barrows has little trouble crafting her Guernsey residents through the medium of letters and she writes a love story that manages to break through the reserve of a reader, reading another person's private correspondence. "Skye" gives me no sense of place or time--her characters could live anywhere at any time; there is little difference between the American, David and Elspeth's mother--a woman of an older generation who has lived on Skye for her entire life--where is her burr, her Scots expressions? Perhaps, I have been overindulging on  Outlander: Season One - Volume One , but I expect to feel transported to another place when the name of a beautiful location is in the title.That's the trouble with expectations--disappointment is sure to follow. Brockmole's premise is sure and sweet: two people meet through letters. David writes to Elspeth initially through her publisher; he is a fan of her poetry which has been published. Elspeth, a young married woman, writes back and their letters span the Great War. In alternate chapters, Elspeth's daughter Margaret writes to her love interest, Paul, from the perspective of their romance and separation during the second World War. Between the two voices, the reader understands that that war is a dank grey umbrella that severs and destroys dreams with its uncertainty. Immediately, the reader knows that Elspeth and David did not have their happy ending and now Margaret is on the trail to find out why.Yet even more is missing--the letters span the period between 1912 to 1917. Where is the sense and language of that time? If Elspeth speaks Gaelic, then by all means, allow her voice to come through. Brockmore's sensibilities are too contemporary and they are telltale in her letters. (There is a glaring out-of-time error in the novel and darn, if I can't remember it!)Sounds like the premise itself would make a lovely Hallmark movie--the mists rolling off hills as Elspeth walks to the post would delight and provide atmospheric tension. Fast-forward to London during WW2 with the Blitzkrieg on at full blast . . . dark scenes in trenches with ambulance drivers rushing along France . . . lyrical music playing an emotional theme song. Now that wouldn't that work better?The last two pages drew a tear--Brockmole did not write that part as a letter and immediately, the reader is drawn in--in a far better more intimate manner that such a dramatic story of loss and love deserves.Bottom line? "Letters from Skye" is a generic story that would work better as either a screenplay or a third-person or first-person POV, rather than an epistolary novel. Author Jessica Brockmole's idea is lovely, but it needs the oomph of characterization, scenery, and tone to drive its drama to the point of melodrama. Brockmole's letters do not nearly convey the emotion and depth of such events. And Skye? Its sadly missing. For an emotional read, try  Letters to the Lost --there are letters there that will reach across the boundary of time.Diana Faillace Von Behren"reneofc" ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ YOU MUST,MUST READ "LETTERS from SKYE" RIGHT NOW! *by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2021* "Letters" intensely affected me far, far more than any of the thousands of novels that I've ever read. It isa sometimes nearly unendurably heart breaking story of a love ,and more than a few lives,shattered by the First World War and its lingering aftermath. I will never forget her two main characters, Davey and Elspeth, as their deep, core humanity and emotions make them more real and memorable than any other characters I've yet to encounter in literature. I rarely, if ever, tear up during a film or while reading any book since my old high school physics textbook, but "Letters" found me grabbing Kleenex by the handful.l. I truly envy any reader who will be opening "Letters" for their very first time ! They will be experiencing a novel to forever be loved and reread .May this talented,remarkable author, who so beautifully shows us that our hearts are lonely hunters, always going where they must, rarely where they should, never cease writing !May this talented,remarkable author who so beautifully shows us that our hearts are lonely hunters,always going where they must, rarely where they should, never cease writing ! ### ⭐⭐⭐ Good story, but could have been better told *by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022* Letters from Skye is written in letter format. One letter from one character to another, back and forth between World War I and World War II. The story is good, but there were times when if the book had been written traditionally, some scenes would pack a bigger punch. Instead, we get a flat telling of the events without a lot of details (like smell and sound).The Kindle edition is not formatted with page numbers (or minutes left in the chapter) on screen at the bottom. A good story, but it could have been better told. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4460397-letters-from-skye-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4460397-letters-from-skye-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Taiwan* *Store origin: TW* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*