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| Original Title: | The Distant Hours |
| ISBN: | 1439152780 (ISBN13: 9781439152782) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Edith Burchill, Meredith Baker, Juniper Blythe, Seraphina Blythe, Persephone Blythe, Raymond Blythe, Thomas Cavill, Lucy Middleton |
| Literary Awards: | Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2010) |
Kate Morton
Hardcover | Pages: 562 pages Rating: 3.88 | 63556 Users | 7142 Reviews
Explanation Concering Books The Distant Hours
A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was billeted 50 years before as a 13 year old child during WWII. The elder Blythe sisters are twins and have spent most of their lives looking after the third and youngest sister, Juniper, who hasn’t been the same since her fiance jilted her in 1941.Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother’s past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in ‘the distant hours’ of the past has been waiting a long time for someone to find it.
Morton once again enthralls readers with an atmospheric story featuring unforgettable characters beset by love and circumstance and haunted by memory, that reminds us of the rich power of storytelling.
Present Appertaining To Books The Distant Hours
| Title | : | The Distant Hours |
| Author | : | Kate Morton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 562 pages |
| Published | : | November 9th 2010 by Atria |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Gothic |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Distant Hours
Ratings: 3.88 From 63556 Users | 7142 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books The Distant Hours
I was very disappointed with this. I enjoyed her two previous books, without thinking they were masterpieces -- just long, lazy holiday reads. But this one began to seem awfully long, with too little substance and far too much padding. From the start, I felt the present-day first person narrative and the parts told in the third person and set in 1941 didn't sit well together. I did enjoy the 1941 parts at first; Middleton is still superb at evoking an atmosphere in the past with lots of periodI abandoned the effort to read The Distant Hours about a third of the way in. I dont know quite what to make of Kate Morton, whose writing (at least for me) gets increasingly annoying with every book she publishes. At some point she has begun to confuse languor with atmosphere, and the pace of this book is like sitting on the leading edge of an advancing glacier. It could be millennia before it gets where its going. Morton is plainly far more interested in the details of setting and landscape
I can't say enough about this book. It's not a happy one, so don't go into it thinking you're going to get a sweet happily ever after. No, that's not really Kate Morton's style. But beautifully lyrical prose and an almost unnerving talent for atmosphere makes this, on the surface a beautiful read. What's not so obvious is that Morton's talent for crafting intricately layered, interesting characters is superb. She presents you with a certain set of traits for each character that cause you to draw
Is Kate Morton a women's writer? As an Ann Tyler and Maeve Binchy fan, I wouldn't know. I loved Morton's previous two books, and this one is even better. Flying back and forth in time between the evacuation of children from London prior to the blitz of 1941 and the modern day (1992), Book editor Edie Burchill uncovers the truth behind the creation of "The True History of the Mud Man," a spectacularly successful children's story written by the patriarch of Milderhurst Castle in Kent, now in the
4 out of 5 stars to Kate Morton's The Distant Hours, a beautifully written and compelling story of sisters, mothers and daughters across two different time periods set in London and rural England. Why This Book? I'd read one of her other books, The Forgotten Garden, and fell in love with Kate Morton's style, effortless reads and vivid settings and characters. I had to continue absorbing as much of her books as I could, but given they are usually 500+ pages, and quite intense, I have to layer
If I only read one book this fall, I decided months ago, it would have to be The Distant Hours by Kate Morton. Kate Mortons debut novel, The House of Riverton, held me so spellbound that as soon as I finished it, I read it again. Despite the fact that The House of Riverton left me emotionally drained, I eagerly pre-ordered her next novel, The Forgotten Garden, and devoured it in one sitting, heedless of the late hour and lack of sleep, when it finally came. I'm glad to report that her third
Actual rating: 3.5 🌟My edition of this book has over 700 pages, but it really didn't feel like a long book. The pages just kept flying by, which is due to Kate Morton's excellent writing style. She has a way of pulling you into the story and making everything feel alive and real. You have no option but to be completely invested and enthralled by what's happening. Like with her other books, the setting and overall "feel" of the book were just perfect. The suspense is written in a wonderful way -
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