Distant Hours, The

Distant Hours, The

<p>A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was billeted 50 years before as a 13 year old child during WWII. The elder Blythe sisters are twins and have spent most of their lives looking after the third and youngest sister, Juniper, who hasn€t been the same since her fianc© jilted her in 1941.<p><p>Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother€s past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in €˜the distant hours€ of the past has been waiting a long time for someone to find it.<p><p>Morton once again enthralls listeners with an atmospheric story featuring unforgettable characters beset by love and circumstance and haunted by memory, that reminds us of the rich power of storytelling.<p>