Forget Me Not

by Shari MacDonald

Traveling to England's famed Newhaven estate to pursue an internship as a landscape architect, Hayley Buckman looked forward to making her long-held career dreams come true. What she didn't anti-cipate was the awakening of her deepest longings.

Genres: Romance, Christian Fiction

274 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Shari MacDonald is the author of numerous Christian novels, coauthor of such titles as "The Creative Memories Way", and compiler of several humor compilations, including "Humor for a Mom’s Heart". She and her husband, live in Portland, Oregon with their twin sons.

Reviews

[Library Queen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was so odd. The writing style was weird, all the characters feel fake, like soap opera characters, and the Britishisms are straight out of an old fashioned Agatha Christie mystery, which is weird because this was written in the 90s. Just...no.

[Stacy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hayley Buckman is able to land an internship in her parent's homeland of England, in the area they had been raised. When she arrives at Newhaven she is thrown into the midst of seemingly crazy people. She finds out that she is the granddaughter of Theodora, Newhaven's owner, and discovers love with the head gardener, Carson. I really wanted to like this book, and I like the idea of it, but I was not a big fan of how it was written. The language was choppy, the characters didn't seem well developed to me, and I did not feel connected to them at all. I suppose the idea is you are supposed to feel like Hayley: confused, uncertain of people's characters, but even her parent's story did not make much sense to me. I think it would have been much better as a 400-600 page novel, or even as a series or cycle, rather than the short book it was.

[Nikki]

After college, Hayley Buckman is finally off on a long-awaited trip to England, where she will combine her love of gardening and her training in architecture as an intern at the fabled Harrington Gardens of the Newhaven estate. Quite by accident (Hayley literally runs his car off the road), she meets Newhaven's head gardener, Carson Elliott, and he inducts her into the web of intrigue that surrounds Harrington Gardens. Taking pages from Jane Eyre and Northanger Abbey, Macdonald (Sierra, Palisades, 1995) weaves a compelling historical romance that explores the foibles of human relationships and the wonders of God's love. Highly recommended.
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[Debby · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hayley Buckman is an American orphan traveling to the famed Newhaven Estate in England to intern as a landscape architect. She meets up with two brothers - Carson and Gabe Elliott, who are the main gardeners and the owner, Theadora Harrington and her two distant nephews. Everyone starts to vie for her attention, much to her dismay. Turns out, she's the long lost granddaughter, knew Carson as a child and is in danger because of a missing statue. Very disjointed - too many plots. Okay story, but not great.

[Loraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good plot line with several romantic interests for the main character along with several twists and turns to keep the reader wondering. Also liked how the main character, Hayley, found her way back to God after wandering away.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

We have two copies of this in the church library - hardback and paperback