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Name: The distant hours
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Kate Morton

When a forgotten 1940s letter, returned to Edie Burchill’s attic in Bermondsey, arrives with a Millderhurst Castle return address, it threatens to explain her mother’s emotional distance. The envelope opens a secret that dates back to the evacuation of civilians during World War II, revealing family ties and hidden histories set against England’s wartime backdrop.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Kate Morton

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