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The distant hours a novel

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.

Main Author: Morton, Kate, 1976-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2010.
Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > England > Kent.
Kent (England) > Fiction.
Domestic fiction > England.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 562 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781439152782 (alk. paper)
1439152780 (alk. paper)
9781439152799
Author Notes: Kate Morton was born in South Australia in 1976. She earned a degree in speech and drama from Trinity College London, an English literature degree from the University of Queensland, and a master's degree focusing on tragedy in Victorian literature from the University of Queensland. She also completed a summer Shakespeare course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program researching contemporary novels that marry elements of gothic and mystery fiction.

She won the Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction Book of the Year in 2007 for her debut novel, The Shifting Fog, also known as The House at Riverton. Her other books include The Distant Hours, and The Forgotten Garden, which won the Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction Book of the Year in 2009. Her books The Secret Keeper and The Lake House were New York Times bestsellers.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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