| Record Number |
809899 |
| ISBN |
9780733639401 (paperback) |
| Author |
Nunn, Kayte author. |
| Title |
The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant / Kayte Nunn. |
| Publisher/Date |
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Pagination etc. |
375 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary Note |
1951. 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. |
| Subject |
Women -- Institutional care -- Fiction |
| Women marine scientists -- Australia -- Fiction |
| Psychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Fiction |
| Islands -- England -- Fiction |
| Love-letters -- Fiction |
| Secrecy -- Fiction |
| Nineteen fifties -- Fiction |
| Grandmothers -- Fiction |
| Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction |
| Isles of Scilly (England) -- Fiction |
| Domestic fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Australian fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F NUNN |
