From the acclaimed author ofThe Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton,thisis the story of a woman who has to look to the past to find a new future. Cate Morrisand her son,Leo, are homeless, adrift. They've packed up the boxes from their London home, said goodbye to friends and colleagues, and now they are on their way to ';Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World to stayjust for the summer. Cate doesn't want to be there, inRichard's family home without Richard to guide her any more. And she knows for sure thatAraminta, the retainer of the collection of dusty objects and stuffed animals, has taken against them. But they have nowhere else to go. They have to make the best of it. But Richard hasn't told Cate the truth about his family's history. And something about the house starts to work its way under her skin.Can she really walk away, once she knows the truth?
