title: The Lake House: A Novel
author:  Kate Morton 
description: "Morton's moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect page-turner for a chilly night." -- <b>People Magazine</b> The Best Books of the Fall (<i>The Lake House</i>) (<i>People</i>)<br /><br />"..a rich and almost magical good old-fashioned tale...a fabulous addition to her work...whisks the reader away into another world...The Lake House is the perfect read for cold, dark nights" <b>Ft. Worth Star Telegram</b> <i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>Ft. Worth Star Telegram</i>)<br /><br />"Skillful, suspenseful, surprising...a perfect read for ...dark winter evenings...Morton is a master of suspense" <b>The Philadelphia Inquirer</b> <i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>)<br /><br />"..a stunning, well-woven mystery that will keep readers hooked through myriad twists and turns. There are secrets within secrets in this story, and every time readers think they've figured it out, something new will be revealed." -- <b>San Diego Book Review</b> <i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>San Diego Book Review</i>)<br /><br />"Compelling...Morton's plotting is impeccable, and her finely wrought characters...are as surprised as readers will be by the astonishing conclusion." -- <b>Publisher's Weekly * </b><i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>Publisher's Weekly</i>)<br /><br />"Brilliant...delivers the satisfactions of all her bestsellers since debuting with <i>The House at Riverton</i>...perfect books for just about every reader." -- <b>Library Journal</b> <i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />"In the latest from Morton, secrets from the past come to light in the present, a theme that is the authors specialty. Missing babies, maternal sacrifice, and secrets, secrets, secretsMorton offers generous clues, only to peel back deeper layers just when the truth seems closenot short on heart-wrenching choices and rich characters<i>." --</i><b> Booklist</b> <i>(The Lake House)</i> (<i>Booklist</i>)
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  Prologue RESURRECTION
  The Hospital, somewhere in Maryland
  At about eleven in the evening, Dr. Ethan Kane trudged down the gray-and-blue-painted corridor
  toward a private elevator. His mind was filled with images of death and suffering, but also progress,
  great progress that would change the world.
  A young and quite homely scrub nurse rounded the corner of the passageway and nodded her head
  deferentially as she approached him. She had a crush on Dr. Kane, and she wasn’t the only one.
  “Doctor,” she said, “you’re still working.”
  “Esther, you go home, now. Please,” Ethan Kane said, pretending to be solicitous and caring,
  which couldn’t have been further from the truth. He considered the nurse inferior in every way,
  including the fact that she was female.
  He was also exhausted from a surgical marathon: five major operations in a day. The elevator car
  finally arrived, the doors slid open, and he stepped inside.
  “Good night, Esthe