Summer of 1959. A family tragedy that will echo through time. Lies, secrets and a quest for truth. Jess, an investigative journalist living in London, is called back to Australia to be by
her ailing grandmother’s bedside. As Jess is waiting for Nora’s recovery, surrounded by childhood memories, she discovers an unsolved murder linked to her family and her beloved Nora. Determined to unravel the mystery, she peels back the layers of her family’s hidden past. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful South Australian landscape, Kate Morton weaves a tapestry of stories intertwined across time and space, with complex and well-developed characters. This is a provoking narrative that explores the experiences of motherhood, betrayal, what it means to love, and what is means to come home.
Share your thoughts: Have you ever challenged or been challenged by a defining family narrative? What does home mean to you?
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