Título: The Forgotten Garden
Autor: Kate Morton
Sinopse: From the internationally bestselling author of The House at Riverton, an unforgettable new novel that transports the reader from the back alleys of poverty of pre-World War I London to the shores of colonial Australia where so many made a fresh start, and back to the windswept coast of Cornwall, England, past and present A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book -- a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. 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 fi nd her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. 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. 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. This is a novel of outer and inner journeys and an homage to the power of storytelling. The Forgotten Garden is fi lled with unforgettable characters who weave their way through its spellbinding plot to astounding effect. Morton's novels are #1 bestsellers in England and Australia and are published in more than twenty languages. Her fi rst novel, The House at Riverton, was a New York Times bestseller.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Forgotten Garden”, de Kate Morton, publicado pela editora Pan Books, em 2023 e com 656 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Pan Books
Páginas: 656
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1529092183
ISBN13: 9781529092189
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Pan Books oferecem uma leitura que transita entre narrativas históricas densas, thrillers de ação e dramas pessoais intensos, muitas vezes ambientados em cenários marcantes e conflituosos. A experiência de leitura varia do rigor documental de biografias políticas a histórias de suspense com ritmo acelerado, passando por relatos de conflitos humanos e dilemas éticos. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por tramas que exploram tensões sociais, conflitos morais e personagens complexos, ora em contextos históricos como guerras e revoluções, ora em situações contemporâneas de perigo e mistério.
