In 1913, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship from England to Australia. All she has with her is a little suitcase and a beautifully illustrated book of fairy tales, and she remembers that a pretty lady called the Authoress told her to hide on the ship, but otherwise she has no recollection of...
A lush story interwoven with enchanting children's stories of faeries and fairytales... Well-drawn characters and a captivating story of love, loss, and finding one's identity when that identity seems to have been stripped away. A very well-told tale!My only gripe is the author's use of the back-an...
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 ide...
A little girl thinks she is playing a game with her friend “The Authoress”, however, she soon finds herself all alone on a ship bound for Australia from England. When she arrives she sits alone on the dock … waiting … seemingly with no memory of her life before getting off the ship. The harbormast...
Cassandra sits at her grandmother's bedside, as the old woman is delusional. In the wake of her death, she discovers that her grandmother was a foundling, discovered on a pier by her father. The story shifts back and forth between England around 1900, her grandmother's discoveries about her own pa...
What Secrets Hide in The Forgotten Garden?It's 1913 Australia. Imagine finding a beautiful four year-old girl on the docks, her only company a little white suitcase. Such a dilemma faces a dockmaster and his wife, who take in young "Nell" and raise her, not sharing the contents of that suitcase with...
This book reminded me of a chocolate filled cookie - the middle was really good and the ends were ok. The mystery of how a four-year little girl ended up all alone on a ship to Australia from England is one that promises a lot of twists and turns. They do come and we are introduced to the main chara...
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