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The distant hours : a novel

Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhur.

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  • "Otminali vremena"
  • "The distant hours"@it
  • "Отминали времена"
  • "Distant hours"@it
  • "Distant hours"@pl

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  • "Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhur."@en
  • "Een brief die vijftig jaar te laat wordt bezorgd, is voor een vrouw aanleiding het verleden van haar moeder te ontrafelen. Haar zoektocht brengt haar bij drie oude zussen die op een verwaarloosd kasteel in Kent wonen."
  • "Edie Burchill travels to Middlehurst Castle, the longtime residence of the Blythe spinsters, to seek out information about her mother, who was billeted there as a thirteen-year-old during World War II, and winds up finding out more than she imagined."@en
  • "Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhurst Castle, a new world opens up for Edie's mother. She discovers the joys of books and fantasy and writing, but also, ultimately, the dangers. Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle, she, too, is drawn to Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness. Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother's past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time for someone to find it."
  • ""Edie Burchill y su madre nunca han estado lo que se dice unidas. Pero un domingo por la tarde llega a su casa una carta, perdida hace tiempo, con el remite de Milderhurst Castle, en Kent (inglaterra), y Edie empieza a pensar que la frialdad de su madre oculta un antiguo secreto." --P. [4] of cover."
  • "The discovery of a long-lost letter reveals an old secret and the the truth behind a woman's mysterious past in the eagerly awaited new novel from international. publishing sensation, Kate Morton, author of The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden."@en
  • "Ein geheimnisvoller Brief, ein verfallenes Schloss, eine unerfüllte Liebe Es beginnt mit einem verloren geglaubten Brief. Ein halbes Jahrhundert hat er darauf gewartet, gelesen zu werden. Die Suche nach dem Absender führt die junge Edie nach Milderhurst Castle, wo seit Jahrzehnten die exzentrischen Blythe-Schwestern leben. Als Edie das verfallene Schloss betritt, beginnt sie zu ahnen, dass hinter den alten Mauern der Schlüssel zur rätselhaften Vergangenheit ihrer Mutter liegt. London 1939: Als die ersten Bomben auf die Stadt fallen, befindet sich die zwölfjährige Meredith mit einer Gruppe evakuierter Kinder auf dem Weg nach Kent, wo sie Zuflucht bei einer fremden Familie findet. Staunend und eingeschüchtert zieht sie auf das herrschaftliche Milderhurt Castle, wo die siebzehnjährige Juniper mit ihren Zwillingsschwestern und ihrem Vater, dem bekannten Schriftsteller Raymond Blythe, lebt. Sie taucht ein in eine Welt der Geschichten und der Fantasie ? bis etwas geschieht, das das Leben des Mädchens für immer verändert. Nie ist sie nach Milderhurst zurückgekehrt, doch das Auftauchen eines lange verschollenen Postsacks führt ihre Tochter Edie auf die Spur einer geheimnisvollen Vergangenheit. Innerhalb der düsteren Gemäuer kommt mehr ans Licht, als Edie sich je hätte vorstellen können. Damals geriet auch die Welt der jungen Juniper Blythe aus den Angeln, doch vielleicht ist es noch nicht zu spät, Vergangenheit und Gegenwart miteinander zu versöhnen. Wieder erschafft Kate Morton eine Welt voller Zauber und Geheimnisse, die einen bis zur letzten Seite fesselt."
  • "Wanneer haar altijd afstandelijke moeder van slag raakt door een brief uit vervlogen tijden, gaat een jonge vrouw op zoek naar de achtergrond daarvan."@en
  • "Wanneer haar altijd afstandelijke moeder van slag raakt door een brief uit vervlogen tijden, gaat een jonge vrouw op zoek naar de achtergrond daarvan."
  • "From the international bestselling author of "The House at Riverton" and "The Forgotten Garden" comes a brand new tale of love, mystery, betrayal and dark secrets...Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Millderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen year old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Millderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond. In the grand and glorious Millderhurst Castle, a new world opens up for Edie's mother. She discovers the joys of books and fantasy and writing, but also, ultimately, the dangers. Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle, she, too, is drawn to Millderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness. Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother's past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Millderhurst Castle, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time for someone to find it..."@en
  • ""Edie Burchill y su madre nunca han estado lo que se dice unidas. Pero un domingo por la tarde llega a su casa una carta, perdida hace tiempo, con el remite de Milderhurst Castle, en Kent (inglaterra), y Edie empieza a pensar que la frialdad de su madre oculta un antiguo secreto."--P. [4] of cover."
  • "A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II."@en
  • "A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II."
  • "The discovery of a long-lost letter reveals an old secret and the truth behind a woman's mysterious past in the best-selling novel from international publishing sensation, Kate Morton, author of The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden."
  • "Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Millderhurst Castle on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her Mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Edie's mother had been evacuated to the castle as a 13 year old."@en
  • "Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Millderhurst Castle on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her Mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Edie's mother had been evacuated to the castle as a 13 year old."

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  • "Powieść australijska"@pl
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"@tr
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Mothers and daughters"
  • "CD"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"
  • "War stories"
  • "Translations"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "The distant hours : a novel"@en
  • "The distant hours : a novel"
  • "Les hores llunyanes"
  • "The distant hours a novel"@en
  • "The Distant Hours"
  • "The Distant Hours"@en
  • "Otminali vremena"
  • "Makrines hōres"
  • "Die fernen Stunden Belletristik ; gekürzte Lesung"
  • "Les heures lointaines"
  • "Les heures lointaines : roman"
  • "Die fernen Stunden Roman"
  • "Les Hores llunyanes"@ca
  • "Отминали времена"
  • "The distant hours"
  • "The distant hours"@en
  • "Die fernen Stunden Belletristik, Lesung"
  • "Una lontana follia"@it
  • "Davni sati"
  • "Las horas distantes"
  • "Una lontana follia"
  • "Las horas distantes"@es
  • "Les heures lointaines roman"
  • "Die fernen Stunden : Roman"
  • "De vergeten brief"
  • "As horas distantes"
  • "Die fernen stunden : Roman"
  • "Milczący zamek"
  • "Milczący zamek"@pl
  • "En fjern hvisken"
  • "En fjern hvisken"@da
  • "Uzak saatler"@tr
  • "Μ[alpha]κρινές ώρες"

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