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I loved this book.
There are echoes of Dickens, and, of course, Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden is CLEARLY the inspiration for the book, though Morton uses her inspiration to craft an entirely different story that swept me away.
I notice that some reviewers don't care for all the Secret Garden references. I find them intriguing--because it seems that Morton was crafting a story that would explain the INSPIRATION for the Secret Garden. Rather than retelling the original story, it is a ...more
There are echoes of Dickens, and, of course, Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden is CLEARLY the inspiration for the book, though Morton uses her inspiration to craft an entirely different story that swept me away.
I notice that some reviewers don't care for all the Secret Garden references. I find them intriguing--because it seems that Morton was crafting a story that would explain the INSPIRATION for the Secret Garden. Rather than retelling the original story, it is a ...more
Book 55 2012 Reading Challenge-- the author takes the reader on a remarkably circuitous journey tracing the lives of three women in three different time periods. the women are inexorably connected by fairy tales, loss, introversion, non-conformity, art, family, and trying to find out who they really are. A few times I asked -- could this book have been done as well told in a linear way? And, I think not. The view from each woman's time period, their voice, their fears and desires, filled in what
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More of a 4.5- absolutely amazing book!
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