The Forgotten Garden was such a wonderful novel to lose yourself in, I hardly know where to start with this review. 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. 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.
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. 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.Ĭassandra is lost, alone and grieving. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, The Forgotten Garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go.A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery.
But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell’s death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. On her twenty-fi rst birthday, they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and very little to go on, "Nell" sets out to trace her real identity. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book-a beautiful volume of fairy tales.
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The House at Riverton, a novel that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through generations and across continents as two women try to uncover their family’s secret past.Ī tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913.
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