Locket’s Book & Craft Club 2024 - Book #5 The Forgotten Shore

Locket's Book & Craft Club is continuing in 2024 so we can share our joint passions for reading and making.

Every two months or so there will be a new book recommendation and the opportunity to pre-order the special craft box that I have put together to go with the book and come to a special Knit Group/Book Club meeting either in person at Lucy Locket Land or virtually via Zoom.

Please note, you will need to have signed up for the Craft Box to come to the Book Group meetings

The Craft Boxes will vary and you will be given an indication of what type of project it will contain.  You can also choose to sign up for each one or just whichever takes your fancy - there's no tie-in.

My 5th book recommendation for 2024 is The Forgotten Shore by Sarah Maine

If you haven't read any of Sarah Maine's previous books then you are in for a treat.

The Forgotten Shore spans three time lines and travels between Scotland and Newfoundland with a missing hero, a mystery and a chance for redemption.

You can read it in any format you prefer - paperback, kindle, audio, library lend - whatever suits you and your lifestyle best.

This will be a knitting project using my own hand dyed yarn and design and will be knitted in the round on 2.75mm needles

The exact contents of the craft box are secret but will include 

• 100g of Locket Land hand dyed Sport Weight super-wash 100% Merino
• a printed pattern booklet 
• Secret "extras” (PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE A NUT ALLERGY)*
• in a tissue-lined box
• plus entry to the in-person or virtual Book Group Meeting in August (dates to be confirmed)

The book itself is not included so you can choose your preferred format

* one of the extra gifts contains almond oil but is not edible

see below for the Amazon synopsis

We never leave the places we love - we carry them with us...

1940. Wounded and guilt-ridden, war hero Archie Maxwell returns to Rosslie, his beautiful family estate in Argyll, where he finds himself in the uneasy company of his father's young new wife - and his own nightmares.

1965. In the Newfoundland fishing harbour of Heart's Repose, eleven-year-old Eva Bayne strikes up an unlikely friendship with the local outcast, Tam Nairn. But against the threat of change, and the hostility of Tam's son, suspicions flare - until a crisis threatens to rip all their lives apart.

1980. The disappearance of Rosslie's heir has cast a shadow over the Maxwell family for almost 40 years. When Eva, now a fledgling journalist, is drawn into the mystery, the glimpse of an old photograph unlocks painful childhood memories. Will the past give up its secrets?

Atmospheric, sweeping and poignant, this is a spellbinding story of family secrets, love and redemption