http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/novel/default.aspxTags: novelenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/12/25/the-forgotten-garden-by-kate-morton.aspxFri, 25 Dec 2009 23:36:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1989HRevvdon@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1989http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/12/25/the-forgotten-garden-by-kate-morton.aspx#comments<p><img height="300" width="199" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781416550549" style="float:left;" alt="" /><img height="118" width="100" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780393060294" style="float:right;" alt="" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;"><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tthe%20forgotten%20garden/tforgotten+garden/1%2C3%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tforgotten+garden+a+novel&amp;1%2C1%2C">The Forgotten Garden</a></span></i></b><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;"> (2009) by Kate Morton is reminiscent of Frances Hodgson Burnett&rsquo;s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;"><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tthe+secret+garden/tsecret+garden/1%2C15%2C49%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tsecret+garden&amp;5%2C%2C30/indexsort=-">The Secret Garden</a></i></b> (1911) for just a few pages.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Burnett appears in the novel only long enough to get inspiration for her classic story.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">The Forgotten Garden </span></i></b><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">drifts between the lives of Nell and her granddaughter Cassandra, as they both search for Nell&rsquo;s true origins.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Nell starts her search in late middle life when her father dies and finally tells her that she was found on the docks of Brisbane in 1913 and raised to be his own.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Just as Nell is close to finding her family in Cornwall, Cassandra is left to stay with Nell.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>When Nell dies, Cassandra learns that her Grandmother owned a house in Cornwall and so her search begins.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">The novel spans nearly 100 years as Morton takes us through the lives of five generations of women, starting in Edwardian England replete with Jack the Ripper and an &ldquo;Authoress&rdquo; that spins Grimm-like fairy tales and ending in contemporary Cornwall.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>This novel draws the reader in and leads you through the garden maze to an ending that is only a little surprising. </span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1989" width="1" height="1">the Secret GardenBrisbanenovelCornwallEdwardian EnglandThe Forgotten Garden