The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
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I really loved it!
Not only is there one gripping and engaging storyline, but several more are intricately woven within that main plot in truly clever ways. I got a warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart when all the connections were revealed, and I honestly smiled when I finished the last page.
The mystery and murder were entertaining, but it was the constant theme of home that truly spoke to me.
Home is pretty big concept in my world, not the brick and timber structure, but the sanctuary that Coach and the kids create wherever they are – my safe place, my comfort zone, my paradise.
In Chapter 20, Kate Morton describes home exactly how I define it through Coach:
Home…It was one of those words of multiple meanings: the perfunctory description accorded the building in which one currently resides, but also the warm, rounded name used to describe the place from which ultimate comfort and safety is derived. Home was Alan’s voice at the end of a long, hard day; his arms around her; the knowing quantity of his love for her and hers for him.
In Chapter XII, she goes on to write,
And so, here I am, sitting again in the warm spot at the turn of the stairs, waiting.
One thing I know for certain: I will be here when they get back.
That’s me. The size, the style, the furniture, the location do not matter – home is where the heart is, and I will be right here. Waiting for my loves. At home.
With love and hugs,
Ashli