![]() The connection between the two women captivated her and she wanted to find out more about the generations of women who kept the lights in America. The author discovered Ida Lewis who was known as America’s Grace Darling. ![]() Some of the place names are different now to what they were then: Harker’s Rock is now known as Big Harcar and North Sunderland is known as Seahouses. There was a suggestion that she formed a romantic relationship wit a young man from the area who visited her at Longstone and this captivated Harriet’s imagination. She wasn’t just the heroine we know and love today, but a woman like any other with her own needs and views. How did she live in the confined space that was her lighthouse home. ![]() she wanted to dig deeper to find out who Grace Darling really was. ![]() Hazel Gaynor explains in her author note that she was very keen to write about this remarkable lady. Travel Guide Travel to Northumberland and Rhode Island with Grace Darling ![]()
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