Book description
Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long
lost letter arrives with the return address of Millderhurst 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 Millderhurst and the eccentric
Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins
nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiancé 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 Millderhurst 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 . . . Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of southeast
Queensland, Australia. She has degrees in Dramatic Art and English
Literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of
Queensland. Kate lives with her husband and two young sons in Brisbane.
