The forgotten garden : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416550556
- ISBN: 1416550550
- Physical Description: 552 p. ; (softcover) 21 cm.
- Edition: Reprint
- Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 2010
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Australia in 2008 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | $15.00 |
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Subject: | Fiction Abandoned children Australia Cornwall (County) Country homes England English Fiction -- Historical Fiction -- Literary Historical Literary |
Genre: | Australian fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Fraser Lake Public Library | AFTPB FIC MOR (Text) | 35195000305687 | Main Floor - Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nelson Public Library | F MOR (Text) | 35148002030969 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Taylor Public Library | PBK MOR (Text) | 35156000069756 | TPL - Adult Paperback | Volume hold | Available | - |
Lena Schultz Reading Room | pbk Gen-Fic Mor (Text) | 35191900021144 | Adult Non fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The House at Riverton, a novel that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through generations and across continents as two women try to uncover their familys secret past <P>A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single booka beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-fi rst birthday, they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and very little to go on, "Nell" sets out to trace her real 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 Nells death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, <I>The Forgotten Garden </I>will take hold of your imagination and never let go.