the forgotten garden kate morton summary

She enjoyed reading books from an early age, her favourites being those by Enid Blyton.

Her family moved several times before settling on Tamborine Mountain where she attended a small country school. Kate Morton is the eldest of three sisters.

Education-B.A., and M.A., University of Queensland.

The Forgotten Garden is filled with unforgettable characters who weave their way through its spellbinding plot to astounding effect. This is a novel of outer and inner journeys and an homage to the power of storytelling. 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. 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 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. 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. A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913.

The forgotten garden kate morton summary