Returning Tide

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In the midst of the war, as Cornwall prepares for potential invasion, two sisters, Amelia and Adele, find the influx of American GIs a welcome distraction from the grim realities o f life. But on a heady night of celebration, a betrayal is committed that will divide the sisters for ever, and echo across generations. When her marriage falls apart and her career stalls, Lara decides to head back to Windward, the rambling house on the Cornish cliffs she's only ever seen in old family photographs. On arrival, she's thrown into the midst of a wedding; but it's a union which appears cursed to fail, according to the best man. Can a house really be haunted by its past? Show more