The queen of dual timelines and captivating mysteries is back. 2018 London finds Jess adrift in career and life. She gets a call summoning her back home to Australia because her beloved grandmother is in the hospital. Once back in her grandmother's home a hidden book and her grandmother's strange bedside ramblings intrigue her to look into a tragedy that happened when her mom was a baby. How is her grandmother connected to a horrible tragedy that took the lives of an entire family in 1959? Working with background information and the author's family Jess tries to solve the mystery and write the article to jump start her career. Through that same true crime book that Jess is using the reader gets a first hand look at remote 1950's Adelaide and the events that changed their family history. Gloriously written it is an ode to motherhood, a dissection of memory, family secrets and community that is one of her best. Her many fans as well as readers of THE THORN BIRDS, ATTIC CHILD and UNDER THE GOLDEN SUN will relish this timeless story. 5 stars
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