The Forgotten Garden starts in 1913 in London with a small girl, 4 years old, playing a game of "hide-and-seek" on the deck of a ship. She's told by the woman who left her there that she will return but to stay hidden until she does. Unfortunately, the girl is still alone when the ship pulls away from the dock and arrives scared and alone in Australia several days later. Thankfully, the dock master in Australia takes the child, names her Nell and he and his wife call her their own. On her 21st birthday, her father finally tells her the truth about her past or what he knows of it. Nell thus goes back to England to try and find from where she comes. Unfortunately, Nell is never able to find her truth becuase she is forced to raise her young and abandoned granddaughter, Cassandra. When Nell dies at a ripe old age, Cassandra picks the investigation up on her own to find the truth. What follows for the reader is a journey back and forth between the past in 1913, the past in the mid-70s and present day.
This book was (high-pitched singing) AMAZING!!! A MUST READ!!! Loved it! Couldn't put it down. Such a sad but at the same time hopeful book! READ IT!
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