false <![CDATA[The Forgotten Garden]]> 3407877 12 "A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, 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." 3448086 book 6 6 2008 The Forgotten Garden total:1983|5:712|4:860|3:333|2:67|1:11| 1983 8144 4594 657 5 4 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 04:01:57 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:54:08 -0700 2008 http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6182...

I found this as engrossing as her debut which I read earlier this year. This time Kate Morton has written an intriguing mystery that started in the 1900’s and is not fully unravelled until 2005. It is told as three stories covering three genera...more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 14:45:08 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 14:50:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 11:04:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 11:04:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 4 true false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:18:49 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 12:07:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:07:21 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:15:56 -0800 2009 published in the U.S. in April. I didn't finish her first book, THE HOUSE AT RIVERTON, because it was so annoyingly derivative of Barbara Vine and Daphne du Maurier (it even opened with a rephrasing of REBECCA’s famous open...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:33:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 06:34:26 -0800 2009 5 3 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 17:13:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 22:40:17 -0700 2008 5 3 false true Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 07:09:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:52:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 07 12:22:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:11:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 04:00:10 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 19:04:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 04:17:51 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 03:29:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:08:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 07:17:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 14:11:56 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 05:43:10 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 05:43:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 05:30:21 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 18:29:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 10:27:49 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 13:10:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 true false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 01:11:30 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 01:11:30 -0800 2008 1

The novel is packed with mystery, going back through generations of the Mountrachet family. The author takes us from Australia to Cornwall, firstly with Nell, who is searching for her origins and na...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 16:43:10 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 09:36:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:58:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 06:55:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 28 03:42:11 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 04 05:11:59 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 03:42:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3407877