Homecoming
Ratings20
Average rating3.8
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Ratings20
Average rating3.8
The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times and #1 Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping saga that begins with a shocking crime that echoes across continents and generations. Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959 At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in hospital. At Nora’s house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event—a murder mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved. An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.
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When a family is discovered dead, there are many questions that are left lingering, and one family member who refuses to have anything to do with the house moving forward.
When her granddaughter starts asking questions, she is about to discover some long-held family secrets, and some of them are not as easy to take as others are...
This book was fantastic, and I enjoyed reading through it! It was hard to put down once I started. Heartbreaking in many ways, but also very touching in others.
Highly recommend this book!
Kate Morton is always a solid read. Unfortunately I guessed one of the twists in the mystery from almost the very beginning, but just wanted to read on to see how it ended. The writing is great, sense of place is great. Didn't particularly like any of the characters though and it was a little too long. I'll still read anything she puts out there though.
This is a LONG novel that transports readers to Australia for a murder mystery and mother-daughter tribulation saga. I enjoyed it a lot, but I agree with the reviewers here who commented that it dragged for the first 2/3 or 3/4. I think it could have used some better editing. It was entertaining, definitely plot driven – but with good attention to the character's motivations and struggles, and intriguing/surprising at the end (for me, anyway). There was a character who I thought I liked at the outset, and then I didn't by the end. And there was one who I thought I didn't, and then I did. Morton is an effective story teller, and I'd like to try another one of her novels sometime when I need an easy-ish escape.
Kate Morton's books take me to a cozy place reminiscent of curling up with my book as a child with no other care in the world, and I'm always sad for them to end. The language and sentence structure she chooses are soft but strong, whimsical but direct.
But I also find myself skimming a lot because the plot moves so well and I REALLY want to know what happens. It's a double-edged sword, I guess. But one that would make a re-read so worth it.. once you know the plot, you can settle in and soak in every ounce of such fine literary prowess.
This one definitely lived up to my love of Kate Morton and may actually be my favorite.
If you also loved The Secret Garden as a child, please go read all of Kate Morton's books.
