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  • The Forgotten Garden

  • By: Kate Morton
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
  • Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (17,751 ratings)

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The Forgotten Garden

By: Kate Morton
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Publisher's summary

A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, a maze, an aristocratic family, a love denied, a mystery - The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric, and a compulsive listen about the past, ghosts, family, and memories from best-selling author Kate Morton.

Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident 10 years ago, feels like she has lost everything known and dear to her.

But an unexpected and mysterious bequest from Nell turns Cassandra's life upside down and ends up challenging everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Inheriting a book of dark and intriguing fairytales written by Eliza Makepeace Rutherford - the Victorian authoress who disappeared mysteriously in the early 20th century - as well as a cliff-top cottage on the other side of the world, Cassandra takes her courage in both hands to follow in the footsteps of Nell, on a quest to find out the truth about their history, their family and their past; little knowing that in the process, she will also discover a new life for herself.

©2008 Kate Morton (P)2008 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

"This debut page-turner...recounts the crumbling of a prominent British family as seen through the eyes of one of its servants....Morton triumphs with a riveting plot, a touching but tense love story and a haunting ending." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Kate Morton is my favorite author

Loved this book. May be my favorite Kate Morton book. Some people have complained of its length, but every detail is important.

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Hooked

Great story. Great characters and a good plot with a twist at the end, love it

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A most perfect novel

Superbly narrated tragic epic weaving multiple story lines and time lines. One for the ages and one for anyone to read who has experienced loss and for everyone who believes in hope.

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Good Story and Great performance

The music in between the chapters has got to go! It was distracting and by the end was grating on my nerves.

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Many thumbs up from Kate’s newest fan

I just finished this, the first of Kate Morton’s books that I have read.
I love the way that Kate helps the reader to feel, here, smell and almost taste, the reality of her characters lives as they unfold. The plot is complex, and takes a little bit of conscious effort to re-orient yourself between the shifting time frames and characters, but it is well worth the effort. I am looking for another of Kate’s books right this minute!

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Beautiful

Truly a sadly beautiful story. Wonderfully written and pieced together in a way to make it so very intriguing.

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Fairytale Themed

Loved the fairytales and how they fit in with the rest of the story

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Loved this story!

My first from Kate Morton, not my last! involved and complicated enough to keep my interest, but well told so with that it was not convoluted and hard to follow. Carolyn Lee did an exceptional job with narration.

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Winding vines of a mysterious search for ones roots

This well written story moved slowly and methodically through the joys and surprises of finding ones roots. The characters come to life as they each share in their parts of the tale. You will enjoy it immensely as did I.

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great storyline

what a great story. I got lost and while it was sad it shows the real humanity of people

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