Catherine's mother died when Catherine was just a baby girl, leaving
nothing but her perfect reputation to live up to. Or so she thought. But
then Catherine finds a box addressed to her, filled with objects seemingly
without meaning - three feathers, an exotic seashell, a painting, a mirror,
two prints, an address book, a map, a hat, a rucksack and a necklace. And
while she's busy playing detective trying to find out who her mother was,
she finds out more about herself than she ever really wanted to know.
Secrets are discovered, truths uncovered, and Catherine realises that maybe
there was something more to her mother, something that her familiy has kept
from her. How long a shadow can a dead woman cast?