The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, (Paperback)

from EllenH

I really liked this book. The setting on a remote island off the Cornish Coast, some lost letters, a woman committed to a mental asylum by her husband. There were 3 settings actually and Kayte Nunn did and excellent job of pulling me into the story, characters and time period.

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While we are certainly not even close to perfect today when dealing with mental illnesses like PTSD or post-partum depression or addiction, we are certainly more open and advanced than we were just a few decades ago. Once we locked people up or sent them away, not knowing how to treat these illne...

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Bittersweet. Desperate times call for desperate measures and yes I read a book that has a great deal of love, lost and found. Loved it! Perfect book for me right now . A house on an island whose doctors treated those unable to cope after the war. Esther, is there for a different reason, one of gr...

from Asheley

It is crazy to me to think that only a few decades ago, husbands were allowed to commit their wives for mental issues. This is the story of Esther Durrant, who leaves home with her husband thinking they're going on vacation only to find that he is leaving her at a private and isolated treatment f...

from susan0316

This beautifully written historical novel has characters that will endear themselves to you as soon as you meet them. It's told in two distinctive time periods, in three locations with 4 main characters. It isn't difficult to keep the characters and time periods separate and by doing it this way,...