The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant / Kayte Nunn.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: 375 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733643729Subject(s): Modern & contemporary fiction | Psychiatric hospital patients -- Fiction | Older people -- Fiction | Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction | Secrecy -- Fiction | Women -- Fiction | Women marine scientists -- Fiction | Love-letters -- Fiction | Nineteen fifties -- Fiction | Grandmothers -- Fiction | Scilly, Isles of (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Biographical fiction.DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: "1951. In the shadow of the Second World War, Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel determines to track down the intended recipient. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant is a deeply atmospheric, resonant novel that charts the heart's wild places, choices and consequences. If you love Elizabeth Gilbert and Kate Morton you will devour this book." -- From publisher website.
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"1951. In the shadow of the Second World War, Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel determines to track down the intended recipient. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant is a deeply atmospheric, resonant novel that charts the heart's wild places, choices and consequences. If you love Elizabeth Gilbert and Kate Morton you will devour this book." -- From publisher website.
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