The Lake House

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They'd eaten every meal outdoors, hard-boiled eggs and cheese from a picnic basket, and drunk wine under the lilac tree in the walled garden. They'd disappeared inside the woods, and stolen apples from the farm next door, and floated down the stream in her little boat as one silken hour spun itself into the next. On a clear, still night, they'd dug the old bicycles out of the shed and cycled together along the dusty lane, racing, laughing, breathing in salt from the warm air as moonlight made the stones, still hot from the day, shine lustrous white.” With its hidden secrets and the sprawling estate, The Lake House has a cinematic feel to it. Would you like to see it as a film? Discuss who your casting choices would be with your book club. Starred Review. Morton's plotting is impeccable, and her finely wrought characters, brought together in the end by Sparrow's investigation, are as surprised as readers will be by the astonishing conclusion." - Publishers Weekly Alice, a successful mystery writer and Sadie Sparrow, a detective visiting her grandfather while on leave, have their lives intersect in the most unlikely of ways, but it almost feels like fate is working overtime because the odd circumstances that place them together will unravel years of secrets, lies, guilt, and will ultimately lead to the truth about a seventy year old cold case. This reading group guide for The Lake House includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.

THE LAKE HOUSE | Kirkus Reviews THE LAKE HOUSE | Kirkus Reviews

Initially it took me a little while to settle down to being pulled from one time and place to the other but once I got to know the characters better I was absorbed and went with the flow because you know sooner or later you are going to see how they all connect.The only time I got confused was when "old" Alice was reminiscing about her youth, and I had to separate that material from when the author was telling us about Alice’s youth as it was happening, so to speak. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. The sun had risen now, high in the sky, and its warmth on her face was godly. Sadie had never been the meditating type, but in this moment she understood what people were on about. A sigh of contentment escaped her lips, even though contented was the last word she’d have chosen to describe herself of late. She could hear her own breaths, her pulse pumping beneath the thin skin of her temple, as loudly as if she held a conch shell to her ear to eavesdrop on the ocean.

The Lake House: A Novel - Kindle edition by Morton, Kate The Lake House: A Novel - Kindle edition by Morton, Kate

In June of 1933 a favored baby child, the only son of the Edevane family went missing after an annual house party. The family adored baby Theo. Every single one of them. Their lives were forever changed as the case was never resolved. From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours comes an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heart-stopping suspense and uncovered secrets. It crossed her mind that she should say something before she left this lonely place. Something about the death of innocence, the deep remorse that would follow her always; but she didn’t. The inclination made her feel ashamed. Deborah, the eldest daughter, beautiful like her mother, charming and clever as well. Married well and had one daughter.I consider Eleanor the main protagonist, the one who held the family and the story together. She was an active, adventuresome, curious little girl who fell madly in love and married, raised children (put up with her cranky mother), and then had to take over and manage her war-damaged husband when he returned from the horrors of WW1. The Lake House (2006)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010 . Retrieved June 1, 2020. I always like Kate Morton’s books, and I liked this one too. They are very long, complicated, multi-generational mysteries made up of criminal incidents and unexplained events long past that someone today has become curious about. She doesn’t play favourites. Each generation and character is fleshed out and recognisable. That’s what makes her books so long.