The Sky Beneath Us

An inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author of The Skylarks Secret. 1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. She doesnt yet know that its a journey that will take her to Kathmandu and beyond, deep into captivating landscapes and cultures that are worlds away from everything and everyone shes left behind in Scotland. 2020. Daisy Laverock has dreamed of retracing the footsteps of her great-great-aunt Violet ever since discovering her long-lost journals, whose accounts of plant hunting in the 1930s inspired Daisys own career. Divorced, and facing an empty nest, Daisy decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She arrives in Nepal, ready to start trekking in the shadow of Everest. But fate, and the pandemic, have other plans. Stranded and alone, Daisy must fall back on the kindness of strangers, taking inspiration from Violets determination and resilience to keep going in the darkest of times. As she gradually pieces together the fragments of Violets story and uncovers long-held secrets, can Daisy finally reveal a path forward to her own future?