Here Burns My Candle offers a timeless tale of loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of 1745 Edinburgh, Bonny Prince Charlie, the young pretender to the British throne, holds court at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, wooing many a Scotsman to his Jacobite cause. Rebellion is whispered in the streets and ushered into drawing rooms, tearing families asunder. When tragedy strikes, Marjory Kerr, a once-wealthy widow, blames everyone around her for her misfortune. Elisabeth Kerr-heartbroken, yet desperate to keep a family secret hidden - vows to be an attentive daughter-in-law, however difficult Marjory may be. All the while, Janet Kerr finds the ties binding her to Marjory and Elisabeth slowly unraveling. Emotionally complex and deeply moving, Here Burns My Candle reveals the many flaws of human nature and the bright hope of divine providence through the saga of a mother who cannot face her future, a daughter who cannot escape her past, and a sacrifice that will leave the reader breathless.

• Type: Paperback ()
• Category: Books > Fiction
• ISBN / UPC: 9781400070015/1400070015
• Publish Date: 3/1/2009
• Item No: 95243
• Vendor: WaterBrook Press

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