The Key by Kathryn Hughes
1956 It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate Hospital. When she meets a young woman admitted by her father, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change both their lives for ever... 2006 Sarah is drawn to the now abandoned Ambergate. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who entered Ambergate fifty years earlier. The shocking contents, untouched for half a century, will lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy and lost love, and the chance to make an old wrong right . . . I loved The Secret by Kathryn Hughes so I have been looking forward to reading another book by her. The Key tells the tragic story of Amy who back in 1956 is taken to Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum at only 19 years old. She is adamant that she doesn’t have mental health problems and shouldn’t be in there. The story is told from two time frames, the events of Amy’s stay at Ambergate back in the 1950’s and al...