The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, author of the bestselling The House of Riverton, is a heartbreaking story of love and loss with a devastating secret at its heart.
Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close but, when a long-lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, Edie begins to suspect that her mother’s emotional distance masks an old secret.
Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie’s mother was chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family.
Fifty years later, Edie, too, is drawn to Milderhurst and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together as the twins nurse Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiancé in 1941 plunged her into madness.
Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother’s past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time to be uncovered . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330477581
Number of pages: 688
Weight: 456 g
Dimensions: 196 x 131 x 43 mm
It is with some reservation that I would recommend this to a friend.
I so enjoyed her first two novels and really looked foward to her third, so much so that I got it in hardback .
I read it so I must have enjoyed it,...
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Having really enjoyed her previous books I was keen to add this one to my collection. I found it pretty hard going in places. The narrative didn't flow and I wasn't as engaged in what was happening, all the... More
I agree with a few other reviews on here. After reading her first 2 books (which are absolutely fantastic) i was desperate to read this one but It was long winded at the beginning where it didnt need to be and... More
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