Why a Booktrail?
2000s: One summer. One house. One family learning to love again.
Where We Belong
What you need to know before your trail
Cate Morris and 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 stay just for the summer. Cate doesn’t want to be there, in Richard’s family home without Richard to guide her any more. And she knows for sure that Araminta, 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?
Travel Guide
Welcome to the Powell-Cotton Museum in Kent
The author explains in her author note that she has always been fascinated with the Powell-Cotton museum. She remembers being around three years old when she first went there. She began to understand Major Percy Powell-Cotton’s Victorian idea of conservation. She learnt about Africa and Asia, wild animals and other cultures. He wanted the people of Kent to see these animals in their natural habitat.
Years later, in 2012, the author moved back to Kent and wanted to put this museum into a fictional story. She says:
“Please do try and visit the Powell-Cotton Museum in its home in the Quex Estate in Birchington-on -Sea. Although you might not find Cate and Leo, a chapel or a domed library, you will find boundless magic and wonder.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Where We Belong
Destination/location: London, Kent Author/guide: Anstey Harris Departure Time: 2000s
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