But I was lonely and depressed almost always. I had a small group of friends who tolerated me most of the time. Nowadays I’d probably be evaluated on the Asperger’s spectrum somewhere, but back then they just called you weird or a nerd or a dork or something worse. I was a kid who liked to read, wrote poetry, and could not relate to others to save my life. Currently I only have 1 pair of cord leggings.

I was wearing cords 10 years after they were ‘cool.’ Out of spite, I did not wear cords for about 20 years. Oh, yeah, I lived that, and I don’t mean the Jordache jeans either. If you weren’t wearing Jordache jeans, fringed leather, Nikes, or whatever was in style I can’t remember, you were mercilessly ridiculed. Now it’s cool, but back then…not so much. We did not have much ‘disposable income,’ and as a result we shopped at used clothes stores and thrift stores. We never had money to travel, although we did take a few road trips which were almost epic. Raised an only child of two teachers, I lived a rather sheltered life as a child, but managed to get into trouble anyway. We prefer the term ‘eccentric,’ but truthfully, either is accurate. Star Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)- Ft.I must confess something…my family is neurotic. The Daily News (NY)- The Daily News Morton whisks the reader into scene after vivid scene, sometimes frightening us, often perplexing us, and always providing us with a great deal of entertainment. Review Quotes A long, lush, perfectly escapist read. 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 Nells 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-fi rst 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.

A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. Book Synopsis From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The House at Riverton, a novel that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through generations and across continents as two women try to uncover their familys secret past. About the Book Shifting back and forth over a span of nearly 100 years, this is a sprawling, old-fashioned novel, as well-cushioned as a Victorian country house, replete with family secrets, stories-within-stories, even a maze and a Dickensian rag-and-bone shop.-Booklist.

The forgotten garden review