The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

Plot.... 1913 - Maryborough Wharf, Australia ==== A four year old girl is discovered abandoned after a voyage from England. She doesn't know her name or remember anything from her journey, only that a woman she calls the Authoress was supposed to look after her - but the authoress is no where to be seen. 1975 - Cornwall, England ==== The four year old girl is now an old lady and determined to find out what happened to her all those years ago. She decides to travel from Brisbane to Cornwall to discover her real family in an estate called Blackhurst Manor owned by the Mountrachet family. 2005 - Brisbane, Australia ...  Read the complete review

Recently I ran out of books to read, so as I often do when my own bookshelves fail me, I head to my mums house and raid her shelves for something interesting . I came home with a bagful of books, including this one . This is Kate Morton's second novel, her first being The House at Riverton. I haven't read that, but it seemed to get some good praise, including being mentioned by Richard and Judy . The Forgotten Garden works along three seperate personal timelines : In 1913, a young girl is found alone on the docks after a gruelling voyage from England to Australia. All she can remember is that a woman called the Authoress was supposed to ...  Read the complete review

Kate Morton returns this summer with her second book; The Forgotten Garden. Morton became a bestseller last year when The House at Riverton won the Richard and Judy Summer Read aswell as other awards. This new book follows the similar style that her previous book had with a secret continuing throughout the story. This book is split into 3 time periods. 1913 where a little girl is found abandoned at a port in Australia after being on a boat from England. She can only remember a woman called the Authoress, and the Authoress had promised to look after her but she had vanished. 1975, An old Lady, Nell, travels to Cornwall to discover the truth ...  Read the complete review

The Forgotten Garden is Morton's second book, a follow-up to The House At Riverton which was highly successful as winner of Richard and Judy's summer read a couple of years ago. The House At Riverton is also one of my favourite books of all time. The Forgotten Garden is set at four different times with four different perspectives. When Cassandra's grandmother Nell dies she is drawn into a mystery about Nell's parentage as well as how she came to be abandoned at an Australian port as a small child. Cassandra, a woman with her own tragic past ends up travelling to Cornwall in order to unravel the mystery which involves high society, family scandal, ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book, and to be honest, was a little sceptical as to if i would read it! I passed on to my mum first who read it within 3 days!! I then did not pick it up until a few months after that. As soon as i started to read the book, i was enthralled. The images of Nell that you are struck with were fantastic. Kate Morton really excelled herself with this novel. The story is not so simple as to give the twist away, but the essence is of an older lady (Nell) who lives in Australia. Nell was found abandoned in Australia after travelling from England by a family that took her in and raised her. Years later, her granddaughter (Cassandra) comes to live with her ...  Read the complete review