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After a five-year hiatus since her last publication, Kate Morton, the author of the international bestseller The Forgotten Garden, returns to bookstores with a lasting novel, an architecture of constant intrigues that dazzles and moves. With more than 16,000,000 copies sold, Maria Oruña describes Morton's narrative elegance and skill as the sails of a ship, inviting readers to dive into a story and simply enjoy it.

Where does the wake of what we keep silent lead us? On Christmas Eve in 1959, in the Adelaide Hills, Australia, a delivery man makes a chilling discovery near the Turner family mansion at the end of a hot day. A police investigation ensues, and the small town of Tambilla is shaken by one of the most puzzling and painful murder cases in the history of South Australia.

Sixty years later, after losing her job at the newspaper, Jess receives an unexpected call that prompts her to leave London and return to Sydney. Her grandmother Nora, who raised her, has had a fall and is hospitalized. The image of her beloved grandmother contrasts with the reality of finding a frail and bewildered woman. With nothing to do at Nora's house, Jess stumbles upon a book detailing the police investigation of a long-forgotten tragedy: the Turner family's story. Leafing through it, she uncovers an astonishing connection between her family and that event. From that moment on, the search for truth becomes the only possible path.

"The Return Home" is the comeback of one of the great voices in contemporary narrative. Kate Morton constructs an epic novel with memorable characters that explores the power of motherhood, the erosion caused by memories held for generations, and the healing power of truth.

Kate Morton, the author of The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Clockmaker's Daughter, and The Lake House, has had her books translated into 34 languages and topped bestseller lists worldwide. With a degree in drama and English literature, she lives with her family in London and Australia, having sold over 16,000,000 copies of her books.

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