Kate Morton
Paperback | Pages: 648 pages Rating: 4.14 | 184532 Users | 17974 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Forgotten Garden |
| ISBN: | 0330449605 (ISBN13: 9780330449601) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.katemorton.com/the-forgotten-garden/ |
| Characters: | Cassandra Ryan, Nell O'Connor, Eliza Makepeace, Rose Mountrachet |
| Setting: | Australia Cornwall |
| Literary Awards: | Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction (2009), 本屋大賞 Nominee for Translated Fiction (2012) |
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A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton. Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident ten years ago, feels like she has lost everything dear to her. But an unexpected and mysterious bequest from Nell turns Cassandra’s life upside down and ends up challenging everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Inheriting a book of dark and intriguing fairytales written by Eliza Makepeace—the Victorian authoress who disappeared mysteriously in the early twentieth century—Cassandra takes her courage in both hands to follow in the footsteps of Nell on a quest to find out the truth about their history, their family and their past; little knowing that in the process, she will also discover a new life for herself.Details Appertaining To Books The Forgotten Garden
| Title | : | The Forgotten Garden |
| Author | : | Kate Morton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 648 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2008 by Pan Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Cultural. Australia. Romance. Adult Fiction |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Forgotten Garden
Ratings: 4.14 From 184532 Users | 17974 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books The Forgotten Garden
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is an easy read, and yet gave me room to pause as I stopped to think. I like books that let me do that without pounding me into a pulp on the way. I suspect the book might appeal more to women then men and it would be a good choice of several of the reading circles I know. My only regret: that Eliza's book of fairy tales isn't a real book.Things I like knowing before I buy a book: No profanity that I noticed. Respectful story-specific reference to sex."The Forgotten Garden" was rather disappointing, as I was sure that I would love this book. Secrets, mystery, a hidden garden...these are ingredients that I love. Just not the most fortunate use for them in this plot. For one thing, this book should have been half its length - so many and not particularly beautiful descriptions, detailed rendering of unimportant gestures and unnecessary talk. And the secrets were not really secrets, I could glimpse at several possibilities, one of which turned
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If you are looking for a good story to escape into for a while, look no further. The Forgotten Garden weaves a tangled tale of family secrets, kept hidden for generations. Kate Morton does an excellent job of creating mystery and intrigue that spans generations as one woman searches for her true identity and finds her family in an unexpected place along the way. Good Stuff!
While this is ostensibly a novel of secrets spanning four generations, most of the secrets are fairly obvious. I kept waiting for the blow to fall murder? incest? buried treasure?? Alas, no. The narration shifts among different-but-related storylines, all of which, to be fair, I found intriguing: in 1913 a child who cant remember her name turns up on an Australian dock carrying a book of fairy tales; in 2005 her granddaughter tries to uncover the mysteries of a hidden garden in Cornwall; in
5 stars to Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden. The plot is mesmerizing and the story-telling of the grandmother and the granddaughter is unparalleled. Morton jumps from time period to time period, country to country, character to character in a flawless manner. The imagery is astounding. The relationships are well planned. Morton keeps you guessing as to how it's all connected with the garden up front and center the whole way through the ride. Thoroughly enjoyed the journey this book takes you
This has a similar feel to it as the Lake House, but I like this ending better. It wasn't so convenient, if you get my drift. She can really keep you guessing. I thought I had it all figured out, then it shifts. It was very enjoyable to read.
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