The Forgotten Garden

Listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction, The Forgotten Garden  (2008) is by internationally bestselling author Kate Morton ( The House at Riverton ). 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 book -- a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and with very little to go on, "Nell" sets out on a journey to England to try to trace her story, to find 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 Nell's death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. At Cliff Cottage, on the grounds of Blackhurst Manor, Cassandra discovers the forgotten garden of the book's title and is able to unlock the secrets of the beautiful book of fairy tales. “A long, lush, perfectly escapist read.” — The New York Daily News  Kate Morton is an award-winning, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author. Her novels are published in over 45 countries, in 38 languages, and have all been number one bestsellers around the world. Morton grew up in the mountains of southeast Queensland and now lives with her family in London and Australia. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, and harboured dreams of joining the Royal Shakespeare Company until she realised that it was words she loved more than performing. Kate still feels a pang of longing each time she goes to the theatre and the house lights dim. Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Bookshop Find other novels by Kate Morton on Art In Fiction.