On her first trip there Frances describes it.’ At the bottom of the ravine was a glittering stream, about two feet in depth and six feet wide. Her interest was peaked from the beginning as Elsie described this place to her. Up behind their home was a beck where the sounds of the waterfall kept Frances awake at night. Elsie is her older cousin but from the very beginning the two girls develop a very close relationship and it’s not long before they get up to mischief. Frances’s father was now away fighting and it was thought they would be safer living with her mother’s sister and family.
Frances and her mother arrived there from their home in Cape Town, South Africa for the duration of the war. Hazel Gaynor has taken the story of Frances Griffith and her cousin Elsie Wright and has woven an enchanting story filled with hope and optimism around their spectacular tale.įrances (age 9) and Elsie (age 16) were two cousins living together during the First World War in the village of Cottingley. The Cottingley Secret was written with the blessing of Christine Lynch, the daughter of Frances Griffiths, one of the children involved in the story of 1917. One cannot help but be enlightened by the experience. There is something very beautiful in escaping into the imagination of a child. Can I just say, this book did not disappoint. When I heard that Hazel Gaynor was writing a novel about the infamous Cottingley Fairies, I was intrigued and excited to get my hands on a copy. There is magic associated with these mystical beings and I hope that this magic remains forever in my daughter’s heart. Raisins and Cheerios are carefully placed in shells and left outside her door as special party treats for Bella and her fairy friends.
Notes are written to Bella with such care and attention.
She resides behind a beautiful red door in my daughter’s bedroom. We have a resident fairy living in our house whose name is Bella.
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