The Forbidden Garden, Ellen Herrick
The Forbidden Garden, Ellen Herrick
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The Forbidden Garden
A Novel

Author: Ellen Herrick

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2017

Synopsis

Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, comes a lush imaginative novel that takes readers into the heart of a mysterious English country garden, waiting to spring to life. Every garden is a story, waiting to be told…At the nursery she runs with her sisters on the New England coast, Sorrel Sparrow has honed her rare gift for nurturing plants and flowers. Now that reputation, and a stroke of good timing, lands Sorrel an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate. Arriving at Kirkwood Hall, ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella, Sorrel is shocked by the desolate state of the walled garden. Generations have tried—and failed—to bring it back to glory. Sorrel senses heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the house’s history—especially the haunting tapestries that grace its walls—and increasingly drawn to Stella’s enigmatic brother, Sorrel sets to work. And though she knows her true home is across the sea with her sisters, instinct tells her that the English garden’s destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets…

About Ellen Herrick

Ellen Herrick was a publishing professional in New York City until she and her husband moved to London for a brief stint; they returned nearly twenty years later with three children (her own, it must be said). She now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a small town on Cape Cod very much like Granite Point.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on December 09, 2018

When Sorrel Sparrow is hired, through a friend’s recommendation, to restore the Shakespeare Garden at Kirkwood Hall, she is unsure about taking it one at first. But her sisters Patience and Nettie and friends convince her to travel to England and give it a go. After the hurt and drama the three sist......more

Goodreads review by Patty on April 12, 2017

This is the second book from the author featuring her mystical, gardening sisters. In the first book, The Sparrow Sisters, the women were introduced and with this book the eldest surviving sister, Sorrel is featured. There was much trauma in the first book that leads to the actions in The Forbidden......more

Goodreads review by Onceinabluemoon on June 04, 2017

4.5 I love an English garden and I was totally smitten in the Shakespearean garden recreation. First I must say I have two homes, one by the sea, and one in the inland heat with a bountiful but completely neglected garden. For twenty years all I did was toil in my garden from sun up until sunset, th......more

Goodreads review by Deb on April 12, 2017

"Hiraeth: a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was: the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past." The Forbidden Garden had me with the above epigraph. I have always believed the old adage, "you can't go home again"--at least not ex......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on February 07, 2017

The Forbidden Garden was a delight to read. I felt immersed in life at Kirkwood. Herrick beautifully captures the imagination with descriptions of the grounds, the well-developed characters, endless, mouthwatering details about the food, and, of course, the planting knowledge of a true master garden......more

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