I'm reading Barbara Erskine's book Whispers in the sand .
First published in the UK by HarperCollins in 2000.
It's about a woman Anna ,who goes on a cruise of the Nile trace her great grandmothers steps from a 100 years ago.
She takes with her ,her grandmothers illustrated diary of the trip she made all those years ago, and a small sent bottle that her grandmother had got on her trip.