Homecoming
{5/5} “Small pleasant moments of recognition were everywhere. The smooth oak banister of the staircase was familiar beneath her hand, its satin luster hinting at recent waxing. On the hallstand at the top, an antique washstand jug held another of Nora’s Christmas bush and flowering gum arrangements. The jug was Nora’s favourite, despite the chip in its spout. ‘I’ve always found perfection tiresome.'”
Homecoming by Kate Morton, published in 2023
Jess has been in London for years but she’s heading home to Australia because her grandmother Nora has fallen. She is a freelance writer, and has arranged to write a piece about returning home.
Six decades earlier, Percy was riding his horse Blaze when he came across the Turner family having a picnic. He stopped to say hello, but he was shocked to find that none of them were breathing.
It’s about things that happen to people that they never talk about. It’s about what you would do for family. It’s about how a few questionable decisions put together cause the unfair ruin of one person’s character.
Morton is a master at revelations that are surprising yet make perfect sense.
I’ve read all 7 of Morton’s books. I previously reviewed The House at Riverton.