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Loading... The Distant Hours (original 2010; edition 2011)by Kate Morton (Author)
Work InformationThe Distant Hours by Kate Morton (2010)
  
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 "There are a few genuine surprises amid the gothic denouement, but the narrative proceeds at such an excruciatingly slow pace that it is a struggle to stay awake long enough to reach it."  "By the time Edie unravels the sad truth within the castle, it is too late for some - no surprise in a Gothic tale - but not too late for others. The revelations involving these characters' "distant hours" make this a rich treat for fans of historical fiction." Milderhurst Castle is as enchanting to the reader as it is to Edie and her mother but the cast is rarely quite as absorbing because Meredith, Juniper and Thomas are sketchily drawn. En romantisk thriller og etterlengtet tredjebok fra forfatteren av Tilbake til Riverton og Den glemte hagen. Et brev postet i 1941 når endelig sin mottaker i 1992, med store ringvirkninger for forlagsdirektøren Edie Burchill fra London. I det forfalne Milderhurst Slott bor det aldrende tvillingparet Pesephone og Seraphina sammen med deres yngre halvsøster, Juniper. De tre eksentriske ugifte kvinnene er døtre av Raymond Blyte, forfatteren av The True History of the Mud Man, en barnebokklassiker som Edie elsker. Edie, som senere blir invitert til å skrive et forord i et opptrykk av Raymonds mesterverk, besøker det sjarmerende slottet på jakt etter svar. Hvorfor ble moren hennes så knust av innholdet i et brev sendt 51 år tidligere? Og hva hendte med soldaten Thomas Cavill, Junipers lenge savnede forlovede og Merediths tidligere lærer? Svaret vil overraske leserne. Belongs to Publisher SeriesDiana (35656) Awards
A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II. No library descriptions found. 
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Edith Burchill begins to wonder about the time her mother spent at Milderhurst Castle in Kent, during her evacuation in the war, which she never speaks about. Edie finds herself drawn in by the three mysterious elderly Blythe sisters still living at the castle-Percy (Persephone), Saffy (Seraphina) and Juniper-and their famous father Raymond, who wrote "The True History of the Mud Man," which has always intrigued her. The three have formed a reclusive triangle caring for Juniper, who has never been the same since that pivotal night in 1941 when her fiancé did not arrive at the castle to announce their engagement.
The story does feel slower in pace and possibly not quite as good as Morton’s other works, but I still enjoyed the ride, and the ethereal, mysterious atmosphere, with castles, secrets, jilted lovers and writers. The thing lacking a little was the contemporary storyline in which Edie was a fairly one-dimensional character who mainly existed to uncover others secrets but was probably too boring to have any of her own. Still a four star read for me, and I’m keen to finish reading any Kate Morton stories I have missed. (