2nd Floor Conference Room
\nThis mon th we will be reading Homecoming by Kate Morton. \;
\nAdela ide Hills\, Christmas Eve\, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day\, besi de a creek on the grounds of a grand country house\, a local man makes a t errible discovery. Police are called\, and the small town of Tambilla beco mes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the his tory of South Australia.
\nMany years later and thousands of miles a way\, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked i n London for two decades\, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney \, where her beloved grandmother Nora\, who raised Jess when her mother co uld not\, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.
\n< p>At Nora's house\, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-bu ried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her o wn family and this notorious event &ndash\; a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.\nAn epic story that spans generations\,&nb sp\;Homecoming \;asks what we would do for those we love\, how we prot ect the lies we tell\, and what it means to come home. Above all\, it is a n intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today. \;
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