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The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton
A lost child On the eve of the first world war, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her - but the Authoress has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell O'Connor learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later, she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family. A mysterious inheritance On Nell's death, her grand-daughter, Cassandra, comes into an unexpected inheritance. Cliff Cottage and its forgotten garden are notorious amongst the Cornish locals for the secrets they hold - secrets about the doomed Mountrachet family and their ward Eliza Makepeace, a writer of dark Victorian fairytales. It is here that Cassandra will finally uncover the truth about the family, and solve the century-old mystery of a little girl lost. A captivating and atmospheric story of secrets, family and memory from the international bestselling author Kate Morton.
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Amiable
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There was a time in my life when I would have loved this book. I think that time has passed. This felt unnecessarily convoluted and I was tempted to start skimming halfway through. Several characters lacked development, which didn‘t help the narrative issues. And the whole thing with the uncle/brother was unnecessarily creepy. But the completist in me kept going, and now I‘ve finished #AuthorAMonth for 2023! 💃🏻🕺

Soubhiville Sorry you didn‘t love it, but that wraps up #aam for you! Woohoo! 4mo
Amiable @Soubhiville I was determined this year to hit every month! 🎉 4mo
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Laughterhp
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It‘s been a while since I‘ve read a historical fiction but it was just what I needed. I have been so stressed out and anxious that I need low key, not stressful books.

This is my first by this author, though I own a couple of her other books.

This one was pretty good. Cassandra‘s grandmother dies and she sets off on a journey to discover her grandmother‘s history. We visit Australia, London, and Cornwall.

dabbe Hello there, adorable pup! 🖤🐾🖤 7mo
Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 7mo
TheQuietQuill I just got done reading this one too, and it was such a beautiful yet sad story. I had dreams about that garden though haha 😍 7mo
Laughterhp @TheQuietQuill Right!! I would love to see that garden. 7mo
Chrissyreadit I just dnf the book- i think timing was wrong for me because it was so sad in so many places. But it was a good story. It may sound strange but it reminded me of the style in Black Beauty- bad stuff, good stuff, very bad stuff, sort of good stuff, some good stuff, bam!!! catastrophe bad stuff, then HEA…. 6mo
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TheQuietQuill
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I don‘t think I was prepared for this sad, yet heartwarming tale of a family trying to find their past. The book was, at times, a bit slow for me but some parts I found to be completely enchanting. Heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once 😂

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

IndoorDame I completely fell in love with this one! 8mo
TheQuietQuill It had me so mesmerized at times! And I‘d have loved to live in that garden @IndoorDame 8mo
IndoorDame @TheQuietQuill that would be magical! 8mo
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Kshakal
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Eggs Perfect 🤩🌳💚 8mo
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Eggs 💚 Kate Morton 💚 8mo
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TheQuietQuill
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Found this one on Pango, and this was definitely an impulsive buy due to the cover 😂 Not to mention, I‘m now addicted to buying and selling books on Pango 😍

Aims42 Love Pango!! I‘m supporting the “buying” side until I work up my nerve to sell 🙂 8mo
TheQuietQuill It‘s seriously the most addicting thing haha! I was super nervous to sell at first too, since I‘ve never sold anything over the internet before. But they make it so easy and now I find it so fun whenever I sell a book. And the cool thing is, you can use the money you get from selling to buy more books on Pango. It‘s a win win haha! @Aims42 (edited) 8mo
IuliaC It's a nice novel 👍 8mo
AmyK1 I love this book AND buying/selling on Pango! 8mo
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Ssmith
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RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED- I find Kate Morton‘s books to be utterly enchanting and fascinating. Im searching for other books and authors that would give me that same feeling. Thanks in advance!

bookaholic1 Have you read Cathy Lamb books?? She's one of my favorites 1y
Ssmith @bookaholic1 nope, never heard of her! I‘ll look into that. Thanks! 1y
Jess861 I really enjoy Kate Morton as well - and while maybe not exactly the same I've found that I've really enjoyed the works of Lori Lansens and Kate Quinn. I've also recently found Louise Erdrich and Taylor Jenkins Reid. 13mo
Ssmith @Jess861 thanks! Yes, love Taylor Jenkins Reid. I‘ve read one of Kate Quinn‘s, but not the other two. I‘ll check them out. Thank you! 13mo
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Emma_PK
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Another gorgeously historic multi-generational tale from Kate Morton. She creates beautiful atmosphere and weaves personal tragedy and romance so we'll through her characters and their lives. A story you can picture easily in your imagination and feel that you are really there.

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SueK
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@IndoorDame @monalyisha Thanks to you both for such a rich list! I will be reading from it all year. The top row are books that were on my tbr. Second row are books I didn‘t know about previously but now really want to read. I‘m a slow reader so the third row are some that I may not get to until February. #AuldLangSpine

rockpools What a fabulous list! Ain‘t Burned All the Bright is AMAAAAAZING! 1y
IndoorDame I‘m I looking forward to getting to know each other through our books this year! 1y
monalyisha I‘m happy you‘re interested in so many of them! My post was totally aspirational; there‘s no way I‘ll read as many as I featured in January (especially considering that I‘m in a couple of book clubs, as well). But it‘s fun to dream! And I‘ll keep reading from it as time goes on. 😉 Have fun! 1y
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SueK @monalyisha glad to hear it‘s aspirational. That takes some of the pressure off 😅 It‘s always fun to get new recs for the tbr. I like the goal of reading them within 2023 as well, so I‘ll probably set that for myself. 1y
monalyisha @SueK Absolutely, yeah! The only commitment is to read at least one in January. If you/I get to more, great! If not, no worries. I‘m a mood reader so it‘s hard for me to give up agency in picking my own titles, no matter how appealing a list may be. I think I usually get to 3 or so in January. 😊 I try to find a pace where I can savor & enjoy. 1y
SueK @monalyisha I‘m also a mood reader. Thanks for the tip in balancing retaining your own agency while participating in book challenges and groups. I‘ve always struggled with that. 1y
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erank58
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I'm so bad with keeping my inbox clean, so go I through huge unread email purges once every few months. Once in a while, you find a "diamond in the rough" of missed emails from the prior month!! ??☺️

For anyone not on her email list...Kate Morton's officially coming out with a new book next year!!

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Lizpixie
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#AlphabetGame #letterF

I‘m not usually a reader of historical romance/mystery but Kate Morton‘s books are an exception. Set between two time periods & countries usually, this one in particular was amazing. Set between Australia & Cornwall in England, it has everything I love in a story. Secrets, a beautiful hidden garden & great settings. Another recommendation.

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🌟🌟🌟🌟
Another multi-generational mystery by Kate Morton that drew me in. This author was on my list to read more of this year. I read The Lake House a few years ago, and I will be reading more by her.

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Born.A.Reader
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Brought a new friend (and fellow bookworm) to my FoTL sale for her first time.😍 This was my haul, for myself and my daughter, and she left with a tote full as well! I even found a signed Clive Cussler 📖 🖊 🤩

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BookmarkTavern
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My roses started blooming this week! Let‘s talk gardens! 🌺🌸🌺

1. I wish! I don‘t kill plants, but I‘m not quite as good as I want to be.
2. On my TBR!
3. Two on gardening, and four specializing on roses! 🌹

Bonus question: What‘s your favorite flowers? Sunflowers and daisies and nigella and daffodils for me.

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful day and don‘t forget to tag me!

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KathyWheeler
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1: No. My experiments in plant growing rarely end well. A shame because I love plants, but if you tell me a plant is unkillable, I‘ll find a way. 😞
2: I mostly visit botanical gardens wherever I go.
3: Probably The Forgotten Garden, even though it dragged when I read it. It‘s gotten better the more I think about it.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks so much for joining in 🌺 2y
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NatalieR
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LOVED THIS! 💕 The story is wonderfully long. It spans several generations as Cassandra uncovers family secrets and works through her grief to rebuild her life. The engaging story is set partly in an English cottage with fairy tales and of course a hidden garden. 💐 #MountTBR

AWahle I have a copy of that around here somewhere. I‘ll need to find it and move it up in the rotation. 2y
NatalieR @AWahle 😉👍 I hope you like it! 2y
sprainedbrain I love every single one of her books. ❤️ 2y
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NatalieR @sprainedbrain This is only my second one and I‘ve loved them both. 💖 2y
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Ast_Arslan
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome cover! 2y
Eggs 💙🌺❤️ 2y
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IndoorDame
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annahenke Love this book and Kate Morton. The Lake House is my favorite by her. 2y
IndoorDame @annahenke I will definitely be reading more of her books! 2y
annahenke @IndoorDame nice!! They all have such beautiful writing. 2y
Clwojick 💙💙💙 2y
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IndoorDame
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Misty, I can‘t thank you enough for this gift. I‘ve been reading it slowly for the last month, and just I adored it! I saw a review that compares this to The Secret Garden (one of my favorites) and it definitely has some of that magic, plus a mystery to hook adult readers. The one thing I didn‘t love was the inclusion of some of the actual fairy tales that are part of the storyline. They might have retained more luster if they were just hinted at.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m happy you are enjoying it! Happy Valentine‘s Day 💗🥰 2y
IndoorDame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy Valentine‘s Day! 🥰 2y
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Ast_Arslan
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice!! 📚🙌🏻 2y
Eggs Beautiful 🧡🤩🌿 2y
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IndoorDame
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you my wonderful friend for the surprise holiday gift! You have the most generous spirit and it always makes me happy to hear from you. I can‘t wait to dive into this!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re so welcome!! I hope you enjoy it ❤️💚😘 2y
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Wonderwoman89
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This was a good book but the characters were getting me confused. Next time I read a large book like this I will keep a book journal with the characters names. I loved how the story was told by different characters from past and present.

GondorGirl Kate Morton is one of my favorite authors! All of her books have duel timelines and most have a large cast of characters. 3y
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Wonderwoman89
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Someone doesn‘t want me to read this book tonight

erzascarletbookgasm Aww, 🐶 🥰 3y
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Wonderwoman89
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So our library is finally open and I wanted to support them after a year of being closed to the public, so this is my first library book this year 😃

BridgetteM It‘s a good one! 3y
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perfectlywinged
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Loved this historical mystery that had major Secret Garden vibes

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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
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Mehso-so

Although I did enjoy this book, and found the premise interesting, at times the mixed storylines threw me a bit.

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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
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A "new" author, recommended to me. Very happy to start this book ?

perfectsinner She's hit or miss for me but TFG was my first and I loved it 3y
Buechersuechtling Seconding what @perfectsinner says. 🙂 3y
Yoricke_SouthAfrica @perfectsinner Thanks, then I'm glad I started with this book. 😊 3y
Yoricke_SouthAfrica @Buechersuechtling Good thing I picked this book as my 1st for this author 😊 3y
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Heatherfeather
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So lovely, intricate, sad, positive, perfect.

AvidReader25 Loved this one! 3y
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KatieDid927
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Mehso-so

Unpopular opinion based on the reviews here and Goodreads, but I did not click with this one. Eliza and Nell were compelling characters but everyone else was one dimensional or awful. I figured out the final twist less than halfway through the book, so having to slog through 300+ pages for the characters to catch up was a chore. In general this needed stronger editing as the pacing was rough. I didn‘t enjoy it as much as Clockmaker‘s Daughter.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“It was such a pleasure to sink one's hands into the warm earth, to feel at one's fingertips the possibilities of the new season.”

As I post this I see that a bird crapped on the side of the fire pit!! It‘s just fitting for how I feel today 🤣🤣

#Gardening
#QuotsyJune20

Mimi28 I hope you feel better!! ❤️❤️ 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 thank you Michelle... just stomach issues 😓 4y
Helen19 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks beautiful picture, love your decking. 4y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Helen19 thank you!! It needs some tlc!!! 4y
tracey38 Feel better, Misty! I'm so sorry you are having stomach issues. No fun! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tracey38 thank you, I‘m calling to make an appointment tomorrow... ❤️ 4y
tracey38 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks good, it seems it's been going on too long. Hugs! 💛💛 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tracey38 yes.. I guess it‘s time 😲 4y
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Biblionut
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Haunting and engrossing. Loved it.

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Lynnsoprano
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As always with Kate Morton, it's a chunkster, and a very dense plot that I find I needed to read slowly. Interesting characters, shifting timelines, and some unexpected plot twists. I love the images that the author evokes. Definitely recommend. Picture is from the kitchen garden at Chatsworth; the book mentions an espaliered apple tree, and this was the first time I'd seen that technique.

Cathythoughts Lovely pic ❤️ 4y
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erank58
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Super excited to discover that Kate Morton's officially working on a new book! Even though The Clockmaker's Daughter was a huge disappointment for me last year, I will continue to support her as one of my favorite authors by preordering everything she puts out 😊

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Lynnsoprano
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I‘m really enjoying this book, but it‘s slow going. Shifting timeline, lots of twists and turns, and intermingled stories supposedly written by the writer character. Fascinating, but not a speedy read. Photo of Chinese firecracker from today‘s walk.

Eggs Beautiful! 4y
ravikumar5 Oh so nice click 4y
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Lynnsoprano
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When I decided to read this, I had forgotten that this is national wildflower week. It‘s not a wildflower, but a bromeliad in flower that I spotted on this morning‘s walk. Walking done, chores done, it‘s reading time 😄

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Lynnsoprano
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I have a webinar coming up for master gardener continuing education, so I‘ve brought the laptop out on the patio because it‘s a beautiful day. Also brought my book in case it‘s boring 😄

SilversReviews Oooooo...a favorite. 4y
Vicki1109 Loved this book! Kate Morton is one of my favorite authors. 4y
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Lynnsoprano
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I brought this home from our son and DIL‘s library when we last visited them, more than the months ago now. I think I‘ll give it a try.

sprainedbrain Oh, I LOVE Kate Morton. ❤️ 4y
AmyK1 This was my first Kate Morton. Loved it! 4y
Lynnsoprano @AmyK1 @sprainedbrain This is, I think, my fourth Kate Morton. I‘ve enjoyed every one of them. I wish I could remember which Litten introduced me to her books by giving me The House at Riverton in a swap. 4y
sprainedbrain @Lynnsoprano House at Riverton was my favorite one! 4y
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Bookgirl
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I really loved this. It‘s the best book I‘ve read in a long time. The pace is quite slow, but I found in our current crazy state of life it was just what I needed. The writing is beautiful and the characters are intriguing. I loved the slow reveal of the mystery at the heart of the story, and the span across generations. I did find Nell a puzzling character, but I still loved the book. #readingbuddy #klaus #petsoflitsy #quarantinereading

Bookish_B I‘ve had that book on my shelf for YEARS and I was just looking at it yesterday thinking, maybe now is the time for it...? 4y
JSW One of my favorite books. 4y
Bookgirl @Bookish_B So, I have also had this book for years, way up on a high shelf of “to reads.” We were spring cleaning and I told my son to pick one from the shelf and I‘d read it. Now I‘m annoyed I waited so long!!! 4y
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Bookgirl
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Enjoying this book more than any I‘ve read in quite some time. Sitting out in the sun with #Loki whose fur looks odd because I trimmed it myself rather than the pros he is used to. Trying to take things one day at a time and not watch news!!!! Hope you all find a moment of peace and quiet to read today. #stayhealthy #readinghelpsmymentalhealth #fictionescapefromreality #petsoflitsy #dogsoflitsy

TheLibrarian I got read outside today too. Beautiful day! 4y
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tdrosebud
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🌼🌸💕 4y
OriginalCyn620 Pretty cover! 🌸 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just read your card!! Your job!! I‘m so jealous!! You must email me pictures!!! Please!! Stay safe and healthy!! Also, did I send you the #LitsyLoveChallenge? I can‘t remember 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4y
tdrosebud @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I believe you did. As for pictures, I'll see about sending you some when my work week is over. It's a short week so it should be in a couple of days. 4y
tdrosebud @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You should have an email with some pictures 4y
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OriginalCyn620 👍🏻🌸🌼 4y
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Jas16
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This was a great book to dip in and out of all week when I got home from work. Multiple characters and time lines and an engrossing central mystery about a young girl left alone on a boat to Australia. It was both easy to pick up and put down again when I couldn‘t focus any longer. I was disappointed by the ending. I had predicted much of it but other aspects were a bit over the top for me but the journey to get there was worth it.

Lmstraubie Loved this book! 4y
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NotPrunes
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The writing in this book is beautiful. I think this was recommended in a podcast somewhere and I‘m glad I decided to read it. Mystery, intrigue, the English countryside, and generations of women just looking to belong.

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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I have to admit... In places I find Kate Morton's writing a little... Clumsy? Cheesy? I think my expectations were a tiny bit high before I started reading her books. Nevertheless, this book drew me in and was excellent despite those small issues.

Cathythoughts What a beautiful cover ✨ 4y
BarbaraJean I know what you mean about her writing. At times I feel like it‘s a bit too predictable/formulaic. But I still get drawn in! 4y
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Lauram
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Day 1 #7days7covers #covercrush

My thanks to @megnews @TamTracy @Hooked_on_books @Suelizbeth @Texreader for inviting me to share my favorite covers. I‘m not sure there‘s anyone left to tag!

SilversReviews A FAVORITE book AND a GORGEOUS cover. (edited) 5y
Texreader Yay! I have this book but not read it yet 5y
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Loric
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#7days7covers #covercrush - Post a favorite cover each day for 7 days and tag someone new each time. Day 1 @anaxlorraine are you interested in playing?

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