![]() ![]() The Australian landscape is wild and beautiful yet also dangerous, as the next excerpt demonstrates: I enjoyed mentions of the little township of Hahndorf which reminded me of Devotion by fellow Australian author Hannah Kent set in the same region more than a century earlier. I dare say it's been lonely all these years, just waiting for a child to claim it as her own." Told in a dual narrative style, the nature writing was evocative. Have you explored the nook under the east stairs yet? I used to love playing in there. ![]() ![]() The author's strength is also in creating homes, manors and mansions with character, and Homecoming had two homes to explore and enjoy. Jess is estranged from her mother Polly but finds a true crime book at Darling House that covers a family tragedy Jess has never heard of.įamiliar in all of Kate Morton's novels is a sense of connection between the past and present and the haunting of the present by tragic events and people from the past. Meanwhile in the present, Jess returns to Darling House in Sydney after learning her grandmother Nora is in hospital. It's here in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia that a terrible tragedy takes place that will reverberate through the Turner family for generations to come. This distinctly Australian historical fiction novel starts strong with a refreshingly different setting - for Morton - on Christmas Eve in 1959. Homecoming by Kate Morton is one of my most highly anticipated releases for 2023. ![]()
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