Hazel Gaynor

The Bird in the Bamboo Cage

Hazel Gaynor

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction Book of the YearUSA Today bestsellerInspired by true events‘Moving and authentic’ Dinah Jefferies ‘Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful ’ Jenny Ashcroft‘Deeply moving. Be prepared – have handkerchiefs on standby at the end’ Antonia Senior, The Times 'A beautiful, tender and fascinating story' Sinead Moriarty China, 1941. With Japan’s declaration of war on the Allies, Elspeth Kent’s future changes forever. When soldiers take control of the missionary school where she teaches, comfortable security is replaced by rationing, uncertainty and fear.Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School. Now the enemy, separated indefinitely from anxious parents, the children must turn to their teachers – to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – for help. But worse is to come when the pupils and teachers are sent to a distant internment camp. Unimaginable hardship, impossible choices and danger lie ahead.Inspired by true events, this is the unforgettable story of the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher, in a remote corner of a terrible war.Published in the USA and Canada under the title When We Were Young & Brave .

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

Hazel Gaynor

‘Compelling… I can’t recommend this one highly enough.’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Secret Wife‘Exquisite… a clear head and shoulders above the rest’ Sunday Independent‘A splendid read… Not to be missed.’ Kate Quinn ( New York Times Bestselling Author of The Alice Network)1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves. But her actions set in motion an incredible feat of bravery that echoes down the century. 1938: when nineteen-year-old Matilda Emmerson sails across the Atlantic to New England, she faces an uncertain future. Staying with her reclusive relative, Harriet Flaherty, a lighthouse keeper on Rhode Island, Matilda discovers a discarded portrait that opens a window on to a secret that will change her life forever.