Elle’s parents were not too pleased to hear about what she was about to do, but Elle was going to Scotland regardless as it was th Elle Kinnaired is very saddened by the passing of her beloved Gran, but after the funeral, she is surprised to find out that her Gran had wanted Elle to take her ashes home to Scotland. Wanting to carry out her Gran’s wishes, Elle decides the time is right as she had just lost her job and then she finds out Gran’s house would have to be sold which Elle was living in. With thanks to Allen & Unwin for my ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.Įlle Kinnaired is very saddened by the passing of her beloved Gran, but after the funeral, she is surprised to find out that her Gran had wanted Elle to take her ashes home to Scotland. Take Me Home is a poignant, heartwarming story which I highly recommend. This is the closest I’ll ever get to Scotland so I travelled with Elle in her little hire car as she wound her way through the countryside and little villages. ![]() ![]() Take Me Home by Aussie author Karly Lane is – in my opinion – her very best yet! I loved the picturesque details of Scotland, Elle’s determination and courage in doing the journey by herself, the raft of great characters. Would Elle be able to scatter Gran’s ashes when the time was right? But more was to happen secrets that had been buried within the family walls for many years the castle where Elle was to take Gran – Stormeil Castle – which was where the family ancestors…the MacCoinnichs – had lived and which was now in ruins. They made her feel welcome, thrilled to meet her at last. She met her Gran’s sister Moira, her cousins Grace and Aila, and their mum Alice. When Elle arrived at Portsoy, the village where her cousins lived, she immediately felt comfortable with them. Elle loved to sketch and found herself stopping and whiling away the hours with her drawings. And when she lost her job, then also realized her Gran’s house had to be sold – where she had been living – Elle decided it was a message – and booked her flight to Scotland, very much against her parents’ wishes.Įlle’s arrival in Edinburgh from Australia, and subsequent travels around Scotland, following her Gran’s bucket-list, had her amazed at the beauty of the countryside, the mountains and castles. She had been meaning to take her Gran to Scotland for a long while, but never seemed to get around to it, and now she was gone, Elle was determined to fulfil her Gran’s wishes. And when she lost her job, then also realized her Gran’s house had to be sold – where she had been liv Elle Kinnaird had been incredibly close to her Gran and with the funeral over, and her will read, Elle was astounded at her Gran’s wishes to take her ashes home to Scotland, a place she’d left at fifteen with her father. Take Me Home is a glorious lesson in life, love and finding your true destiny.moreĮlle Kinnaird had been incredibly close to her Gran and with the funeral over, and her will read, Elle was astounded at her Gran’s wishes to take her ashes home to Scotland, a place she’d left at fifteen with her father. That is unless the family castle is a ruin that has pretty much been lost in time the family Elle has never met seem to be hiding a mysterious secret her over-achieving parents are breathing down her neck, and she's running out of time to make a decision about her future. It seems simple: a road trip across Scotland, a country Gran loved, to locate the family castle meet some long lost cousins oh, and work out what she wants to do with the rest of her life before returning home. Then Gran's will is read and everything changes. In the space of a few days, Elle loses her job and her home and faces moving back in with her parents-where she knows she'll hear a lot about how she is wasting her life, unlike her three siblings. Take her gran home to her beloved Scotland. A heartwarming novel about new beginnings, from the bestselling author of Fool Me Once. In the space of a few da When Elle Kinnaird takes the plunge and travels from her rural small-town life to the misty legends of her ancestors in the Scottish highlands, she finds that it's a big world after all. ![]() When Elle Kinnaird takes the plunge and travels from her rural small-town life to the misty legends of her ancestors in the Scottish highlands, she finds that it's a big world after all.
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