Jean Erskine's Secret

This is one of the early unpublished D. E. Stevenson manuscripts recently 'found in the attic' by the author's granddaughter. Probably written c.1917, it opens in 1913 with the Erskine family moving from Edinburgh to the Scottish east coast village of Crale, where Jean's life is transformed by her friendship with Diana MacDonald of Crale Castle. She writes a book telling Diana's story; of friendships and love affairs, of family and village life, all shadowed by the much darker themes of the Great War and devastating inherited conditions. And at the heart of the story is the secret, known only to Jean, that threatens Diana's hard-won happiness.