Книга: Kate Morton «The Distant Hours»
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Серия: "-" From the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden comes a brand new tale of love, mystery, betrayal and dark secrets... Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, 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 is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Millderhurst 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, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance 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 for someone to find it... Издательство: "Macmillan Publishers" (2011)
ISBN: 978-0-330-53378-2,978-0-330-47758-1 |
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Kate Morton
Infobox Writer
name = Kate Morton
birthdate = 1976
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nationality =
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awards = "General Fiction Book of the Year" at Australian Book Industry Awards 2007
"Kate Morton" (born 1976) is an acclaimed Australian author, who has enjoyed considerable domestic and international success with her recent novels, "The Forgotten Garden" and "
Early life and education
Morton is one of three sisters born in Queensland, Australia. The family later settled on
References
External links
* [http://www.katemorton.com/default.asp Official website]
Источник: Kate Morton
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