ʻO ka makahiki ʻumikūmāiwa ʻumikūmāiwa mau me kahi kōkua hope o ka melankoli a me ka mea pohihihi. I kahi manawa e noho mau ana ia i ka chiaroscuro o ke au hou, ma waena o nā manaʻoʻiʻo, nā kaʻao, ka hoʻopunipuni a me ka holomua o ka ʻepekema i ka wanaʻao o ka ʻenehana, ua pau nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻala ʻē o nā mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻia, i nā kūpuna a me nā enigmatic.
No laila ke makemake kahi mea kākau ʻO Kate morton, haku o ka pohihihi a me nā manaʻo kānalua, kono hou ʻo ia iā mākou i kahi hanana mai ʻEnelani hohonu i ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa, ʻike mākou e hauʻoli mākou i kahi moʻolelo pīhoihoi me nā puʻupuʻu enigmatic o kahi manawa ke ʻike ʻia nā mea āpau. I kekahi mau lā i kaʻana like ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻepekema a me nā kaʻao i ka manaʻo like.
Inā hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi huakaʻi i 1862 mai kēia lā, e lilo ka mea pohihihi i mea maʻalahi a loaʻa i ka hoʻolālā kahi pae kaʻao.
Mahalo iā Elodie Winslow, ua hoʻomaka mākou e haku i kahi kuhi kānalua e pili ana i nā hanana o 1862 ma kahi kuaʻāina kahiko o Berkshire. ʻO kahi wahine e like me ia, kahi archive archive nāna i hoʻopau i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi waihona o ka mea pena kiʻi kahiko, me kāna ʻano pili pono, e hoʻokele e nānā i nā kikoʻī o kahi hewa ʻano ʻē e pili ana i ka mea i hala ʻo Birdie Bell, ke kaikamahine a ka mea kiaʻi nāna i kiʻi i kahi kiʻi kahiko o ka waihona, hiki iā ʻoe ke kau i kahi kukui.
Ua haʻi ʻia ma nā hanana ʻelua, a pēlā e hāʻawi nei i kahi kuanaʻike omniscient i ka mea heluhelu, alakaʻi kēia moʻolelo iā mākou mai kekahi ʻaoʻao o ke aniani i kekahi ʻaoʻao. Mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau mea pena kiʻi i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka hoʻouluulu i ka hale kaumaha i ka makahiki 1862, i nā kuhi o ka mea i hana ʻia i loko o kēlā ʻano hūnā, ua hōʻea i kēia manawa a ua hoʻomaopopo koke ʻia he enigma e wehewehe ʻia me nā hopena ʻike ʻole ʻia ...
Ke neʻe nei ka moʻolelo ma waena o ka wā i hala a me kēia manawa, ke haku nei i kahi kihi piha loa e pili ana i ka hewa, ka mea pohihihi, ka hana ʻana i nā mea noʻeau, nā mea huna ʻike ʻole ʻia ...
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i ka The Watchmaker's Daughter, ka puke hou na Kate Morton, ma aneʻi: