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by Kate Morton (Goodreads Author)

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Did you guess correctly what happened to Thomas Cavill? I sure didn't. The only thing I knew for sure... was nothing.

Rachel

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So confused about something, it's not super essential to the plot so I can't understand why it's even put in there! Saffy is cleaning out Junipers room on the day they are waiting for her to come home and finds and reads her diary describing her having sex with Thomas.... but that didn't happen until Juniper was in London and she never came home from then until this day so how did the diary get into Juniper's room?!

Lis Carey Honestly, I think it's pretty clear, at least to me. Juniper, the most natural writer of the family except Raymond Blythe himself, wrote about her sex…moreHonestly, I think it's pretty clear, at least to me. Juniper, the most natural writer of the family except Raymond Blythe himself, wrote about her sexual fantasies about Thomas Cavill. Remember, they didn't have sex before London, but she did meet him before, at Milderhurst, and he was as near-naked as any early 20th century woman could see a man not her husband.

She had strong sexual feelings, and fantasies about Thomas Cavill. She wrote them down, convincingly enough that Saffy couldn't tell whether it was fantasy or realty (remembering that Saffy had no experience, either.)(less)

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I must have missed it, but what was the bit about the kidnapped child? I remember the discussion between Edie and her boss, but I don't remember it's importance or conclusion.

Clifford Sheffield There was no kidnapping. Edie's father had a theory that the Mud Man story may have been inspired by a real kidnapping and asked Edie to research that…moreThere was no kidnapping. Edie's father had a theory that the Mud Man story may have been inspired by a real kidnapping and asked Edie to research that idea, but she came up with nothing that pointed that way.(less)

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Wasn't anybody else disturbed by the ending?

Marley

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Christine That's what I took from it. I also want to say that Herbert was living in the flat and was the man who made the blackberry jam - Juniper mentions that…moreThat's what I took from it. I also want to say that Herbert was living in the flat and was the man who made the blackberry jam - Juniper mentions that the man who lives downstairs was talking about writing a play or something. Herbert would have been old enough I believe, as he said he was at the premiere of the Mud Man in London. (less)

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