6/9/2023 0 Comments The postcard by leah flemingThere’s Dundee jam jars and Fair isle jumpers too which evoke atmosphere. It is a landscape of rugged hills, sheep, heather and rough winds but to Callie it is home. Immediately we go back in time to Scotland and the fictional Dalradnor lodge which is somewhere near the Clyde River and the Campsie fells. The story opens in Adelaide where Melissa’s father decides to come clean for the past and opens up about what a postcard means for the family. Place and setting The story of the postcard takes us from Adelaide to the wilds of Scotland to the dusty sands of Egypt via Brussels and Bruges plus other places too. Alone with a newborn son, the war breaks out and she is compelled to join up. Caroline then falls in love and elopes to Cairo but things do not turn out well. On his death bed, Melissa Boyd’s father confesses a secret and a postcard that takes her on a journey across the world and into the past.Ĭaroline has led a privileged life brought up by her Aunt Phoebe. Because the idea of a postcard starting a journey seems like a forgotten and lost art.
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