HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

Kate Morton's Homecoming is a spellbinding tale uniting a family's past and present. Set in a lush area of South Australia on Christmas Eve 1959, Isabel Turner and her children go down to the creek for a picnic desiring to escape the heat. When their neighbor discovers them later, he thinks he's stumbled upon the family sleeping. A closer examination reveals a steady stream of ants crossing the bodies, and he knows that this isn't the picturesque scene he thought it was.

Flash forward to 2018, when Jessica Turner-Bridges receives word that her tough grandmother, Nora, has had a serious fall. Jess leaves England and heads back to her childhood home in Australia to be with her. While sitting by her bedside, Nora begs Jess not "to let him take her." She also says the word "Halcyon." These words catapult Jess into a story from her family's past that was purposefully hidden from her.

This story is breathtaking. Morton is a master at painting descriptions so real with her words that you feel as if you are experiencing the story firsthand.

HEADS UP- There are a couple of sexual relationships mentioned but there are no intimate details given.There is 1 profanity.