An acclaimed author and first-rate storyteller ("USA Today") delivers her breakout novel: the captivating tale of a young Scottish orphan who sets out on a journey to escape her oppressive upbringing, and finds independence--and love--on her own terms.

 “The portrait of a delicate, iron-willed girl, an orphan and a heroine in the grand tradition…. Here as in all of Livesey’s novels, the real treasure is her gift for exploring the unreduced human psyche with all its radiant contradictions, mercurial insights, and desperate generosities.” (David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle )

“The Flight of Gemma Hardy is an inventive re-imagining of Jane Eyre; the feisty Gemma is a delightful character in her own right, and it was a pleasure to follow her adventures.” (Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry )