Homecoming is an absolutely magnificent book by Kate Morton. It is a mystery, and is set in stunning locations: a mansion in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, overlooking the harbour, and a stately home in the Adelaide hills, on acres of land next to a river.
Nora has lived in Sydney all her life; her dashing brother, Thomas, a World War Two veteran, has come home with an English bride, Isabel. Thomas buys a country house in the Adelaide hills and takes Isabel there to live and raise their children.
This is a dual timeline story, a favourite genre of mine. The times are 1959/60 and 2018. On realising early on that it was going to become a great mystery, I started looking for clues. I found a few which I filed away for future reference but it was a brilliantly plotted story, and how the clues fitted together kept slipping out of my grasp.
A shocking event takes place in 1959; repercussions are beginning to be felt in 2018. Jess, Nora’s granddaughter, is back in Sydney after living in London for twenty years. Jess begins to learn things that will alter her perception of life as she, her mother and grandmother have lived it.
I borrowed this long book from Parkes library’s online Borrow Box. I imagine that since its publication it must have sold a lot of copies and been read by a lot of people but it was new to me and I am very pleased to have found it.
Published by Allen & Unwin
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