The book opens with a little girl on a boat from Australia to England with the Authoress, who tells her she must not tell her name to anyone. We also have a great discussion in our Goodreads group too. If you haven’t read chapters 1 through 27 of The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton and don’t want spoilers, please come back to discuss when you are done with those chapters. WARNING: THIS DISCUSSION WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS. A spellbinding tale of mystery and self-discovery, The Forgotten Garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go. 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. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family.

On her twenty-first 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. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book a beautiful volume of fairy tales. About The Forgotten GardenĪ tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. Travel the World in books with us, it’s never to late to join our challenge and enjoy reading and learning about different countries and cultures. This book was voted on by our Goodreads group for our Australia selection. If you’re visiting our readalong for the first time, welcome! This month, Lost in Books, Savvy Working Gal and I are happy to host a readalong of The Forgotten Garden as part of our Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge. Hello book lovers! If you are joining us for The Forgotten Garden Readalong, I hope you are enjoying the book. Genres: Drama, Fiction, Historical, Mystery or Thrillers, World or cultural

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