ISABELLA’S VOYAGE BY JEMIMAH WRIGHT
Jemimah Wright’s debut historical fiction novel, Isabella’s Voyage is a timeless story of hope that is relatable to any reader today. Inspired by a real woman, this book follows intrepid Isabella Buckley as she breaks free from expectation and charts a dangerous course to live a life she had only ever dreamed of.
Whether the expectations we live with come from our societies, families or from ourselves; sometimes all it takes to escape them, is the belief that there is more for us than we have dared imagine, and that we are made for a life of adventure. Isabella’s Voyage could be all of our stories, differently told, if only we’d allow ourselves to hear the voice of hope calling.
This novel was nearly a decade in the making from initial concept to completion and is told from Jemimah Wright’s rich personal experience, and brought to life with her journalistic eye for detail and talent for writing deeply compelling, page-turning stories.
This is the best type of historical fiction, so immersive and relatable that you’ll be swept up and carried along on this irresistible voyage of discovery that is sure to captivate and inspire.
READ THE STORY OF WRITING ISABELLA’S VOYAGE.
Passionate Isabella Buckley feels like life is passing her by. In her late thirties and yearning for adventure, she is constrained by Victorian England’s gender roles and suffocated by the quiet life she leads with her parents.
But when tragedy strikes on the other side of the world, relatives in the Pacific send an urgent telegram for help, and only Isabella can answer the call. Seizing the chance to escape her stifling existence, she sets sail on an exhilarating voyage of discovery that will broaden her horizons in ways she cannot begin to imagine.
Yet when home beckons, she will have to decide how far she is willing to go in breaking with convention if it means finding love and fulfilling her dreams.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
“It is rare to find a book that you can’t put down and you can’t wait to pick up again at the first opportunity – for me this is one of those rare gems”.
“Once I’d set sail with Isabella, I was hooked and couldn’t put it down! It is such an unusual story, all the more intriguing for being based on a real person”.
“I was so gripped and inspired by Isabella and her courage and desire to help those closest to her. Wow!!!”
ABOUT JEMIMAH WRIGHT
Author and journalist Jemimah Wright began her writing career working in news and feature writing.
After finishing University, a job in publishing and a year in working in a township in South Africa, she returned to the UK to retrain as a journalist, completing her NCTJ (National Certificate for the Training of Journalists).
Jemimah then worked as a feature writer at South West News Service in Bristol. From there, she became a freelance feature writer specialising in real life stories for women’s magazines. Freelance journalism allowed her to exercise her passion for travel which has taken her across the world, ghost-writing autobiographies in Angola, Brazil, Thailand, Haiti and Hawaii. She now works as Deputy Editor of Woman Alive magazine.
Isabella’s Voyage is her debut novel, and first foray into historical fiction. It combines her journalistic eye for detail, compelling storytelling and love of history and travel to tell the story of Isabella Buckley.
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