Homecoming: A Novel by Kate Morton. Mariner Books (HarperCollins), 2023. Adult fiction.When Jess receives a call in London that her grandmother, Nora, who raised her in Australia has fallen and is in the hospital, she leaves a rather unhappy life and poor excuse for a journalism job, and heads home. A mystery awaits about an estate called Halcyon and their Turner family line. A tragedy in 1959 has impacted her grandmother greatly and, of course, Jess is curious. Her own mother Polly is estranged from both Nora and Jess. By the end, all the ribbons are tied up, the long ago mystery solved, and home has several different meanings.
Well written and with enough details to make Australia itself almost a character, readers will find much to keep them turning pages in this novel. A novel within a novel takes Jess back to 1959 and the whole story is really a love letter to books. The many characters are clearly drawn and easy to keep straight. Kate Morton is well known for The House at Riverton and several other novels, but she just keeps getting better. Add this one to your summer reading list!
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