The forgotten garden a novel
A tiny girl, "Nell," is abandoned on a ship to Australia with a beautiful volume of fairy tales as her sole possession. Some years later, her adoptive parents reveal her origins to her and she returns to England to discover her true identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish co...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atria Books,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. |
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| Summary: | A tiny girl, "Nell," is abandoned on a ship to Australia with a beautiful volume of fairy tales as her sole possession. Some years later, her adoptive parents reveal her origins to her and she returns to England to discover her true identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell's death that all the pieces are assembled. At Cliff Cottage, on the grounds of the manor, Cassandra discovers the forgotten garden and is able to unlock the secrets of the beautiful book of fairy tales. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Australia in 2008 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 552 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781416550549 1416550542 9781416550556 1416550550 |
| Author Notes: | She won the Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction Book of the Year in 2007 for her debut novel, The Shifting Fog, also known as The House at Riverton. Her other books include The Distant Hours, and The Forgotten Garden, which won the Australian Book Industry Award for General Fiction Book of the Year in 2009. Her books The Secret Keeper and The Lake House were New York Times bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography) |
