But it is the discovery of an old photograph that leads her to realize how the fairy girls’ lives intertwine with hers, connecting past to present, and blurring her understanding of what is real and what is imagined. fiction contemporary fantasy historical emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-paced. One hundred years later… When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript in her late grandfather’s bookshop she becomes fascinated by the story it tells of two young girls who mystified the world. 416 pages first pub 2017 ISBN/UID: 9780062499844. Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail and Irish Times bestselling historical novelist. But Frances longs for the truth to be told.

Frances and Elsie will hide their secret for many decades. But when one of the great novelists of the time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, becomes convinced of the photographs’ authenticity, the girls become a national sensation, their discovery offering hope to those longing for something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war. The author of The Girl Who Came Home turns the clock back one hundred years to reimagine the story of two young girls from Cottingley, Yorkshire, who convinced Sir. Now, in her newest novel, international bestseller Hazel Gaynor reimagines their story.ġ917… It was inexplicable, impossible, but it had to be true-didn’t it? When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright from Cottingley, England, claim to have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. Buy a cheap copy of The Cottingley Secret book by Hazel Gaynor. The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home turns the clock back one hundred years to a time when two young girls from Cottingley, Yorkshire, convinced the world that they had done the impossible and photographed fairies in their garden. One of BookBub's Most-Anticipated Books of Summer 2017!

An artful weaving of old legends with new realities, this tale invites the reader to wonder: could it be true?” - Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker Read The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor for free on hoopla. Delving deeper into the past, and the truth behind an innocent game that became a national obsession, Olivia begins to question her own beliefs.“The Cottingley Secret tells the tale of two girls who somehow convince the world that magic exists. But when the great novelist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, endorses the photographs' authenticity, the girls become a sensation their discovery offering something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war.One hundred years later: When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript and a photograph in her late grandfather's bookshop it sparks a fascination with the story of the two young girls who mystified the world. Cottingley, Yorkshire, 1917: When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, announce they have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist.