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The distant hours [large print] / Kate Morton.

Summary:

Edie Burchill receives a letter that has lain for 50 years in a forgotten postal bag, and begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masked an old secret. She sets out to find the answers by tracking the letter back to its source, starting with the return address: Milderhurst Castle, Kent, where her mother had been taken as a child, during the London evacuations of World War II.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1602858993
  • ISBN: 9781602858992
  • Physical Description: 799 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point large print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Pub., 2010.
Subject:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Richlands Branch Library LP FIC MORTON (Text) 36015001453766 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library LP FIC MORTON (Text) 36015000884805 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library LP F Morton (Text) 34269001046722 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Barco Library F LT MOR (Text) 39488200814368 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Dunn Public Library LgPrt F Mor (Text) 33436001371852 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Fletcher Branch MOR (Text) 33258006491844 Adult Large Print Fiction Checked out 08/25/2026
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library LP Mor (Text) 30308100922294 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Greene County Public Library LT MORTON (Text) 39149006354575 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Harnett County Main Library LgPrt F Mor (Text) 33630004326638 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Manteo Library F LT MOR (Text) 39488300821768 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -

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Summary: Edie Burchill receives a letter that has lain for 50 years in a forgotten postal bag, and begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masked an old secret. She sets out to find the answers by tracking the letter back to its source, starting with the return address: Milderhurst Castle, Kent, where her mother had been taken as a child, during the London evacuations of World War II.