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Authors: Kate Morton
ISBN-13: 9781439152782, ISBN-10: 1439152780
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: November 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Kate Morton

Kate Morton, a native Australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and English literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland. She lives with her family in Brisbane, Australia, and is writing her second novel.

Book Synopsis

A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was billeted 50 years before as a 13 year old child during WW II. The elder Blythe sisters are twins and have spent most of their lives looking after the third and youngest sister, Juniper, who hasn’t been the same since her fiance jilted her in 1941.

Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother’s past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in ‘the distant hours’ of the past has been waiting a long time for someone to find it.

Morton once again enthralls readers with an atmospheric story featuring unforgettable characters beset by love and circumstance and haunted by memory, that reminds us of the rich power of storytelling

The Washington Post - Bethanne Patrick

The Distant Hours demonstrates a new leap in Morton's authorial choreography…its multiple story lines intersect in a satisfying conclusion that will leave no reader feeling cheated…a rich treat for fans of historical fiction.

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