There are quite a few other characters that play crucial parts but rather than get into it all – please read this one if you are a Kate Morton fan. Her back story is fascinating and weaves into Nell’s story eventually. The Authoress is revealed as Eliza Makepeace (what a cool name!) and she is an adventurous character. I like her character very much and enjoyed her chapters. She is the one who will search the clues left about Nell’s true identity. The deed to a house called Cliff Cottage in Cornwall England.Ĭassandra’s story starts in 1975 but we jump to 2005 and things get mysterious. But there is one property she is surprised to find out about. This introduces us to another major character – her granddaughter Cassandra.Ĭassandra is close to her grandmother Nell and after her death she inherits everything.
The story skips back and forth in time so you know what happens with Nell until her death late in life. In a snap Nell feels she doesn’t belong and tries to find out where she does belong. It’s devastating to lose one’s identity just like that. On Nell’s 21st birthday her father (the port master) tells her about how they found her. Years later the Port Master and wife have four daughters and Nell thinks they are all her natural family. No formal adoption, they just move away and start fresh. No one reports her missing, no one comes to claim Nell so eventually the port master and his wife keep her. But the lady never returns and young Nell is left alone with her suitcase at a port in Australia.Ī port master can’t leave a small child alone so he takes her home for the evening. A lady she refers to as The Authoress tells her to hide and wait for her.
The book starts in 1913 with Nell as a 4 year old, hiding out aboard ship destined for Australia. There is a mystery about one of our main characters named Nell.
The story lines all come together in spite of many characters living and dying in different time periods. Traveling and mystery – what more could I ask for?! It’s not predictable and the armchair traveling in this took me to Cornwall and London England, Sydney Australia and New York City. Of the Kate Morton books I have read so far, this is by far the very best one. This book has more than one story line, there are multiple narratives and I hung on to each and every one.
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