The Forbidden Garden: A Novel

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Captivating [...] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love. Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal

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 triedand failedto bring it back to glory. Sorrel senses heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the houses historyespecially the haunting tapestries that grace its wallsand increasingly drawn to Stellas 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 gardens destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets...

Reviews

"The Forbidden Garden is a romantic, big-hearted novel that celebrates femininity in all its nurturing, resilient, and fearless power." -- Heather Young, author of The Lost Girls "Readers who loved Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic and Audrey Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife, are in for a wonderful treat with Ellen Herrick's lovely new novel." -- M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author "In this captivating read, Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love." -- Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal "[...] Sorrel's rapport with the plants and garden and the powers they possess will resonate with those who enjoy stories of drawing strength from the land. Recommend this to readers of Sarah Addison Allen, Kate Morton, and Vanessa Diffenbaugh." -- Booklist "In the spirit of the film Practical Magic, based on the novel by Alice Hoffman, mixed with a mesmerizing gardening book, this enchanted, romantic story will be savored..." -- Library Journal

Author Bio

Ellen Herrick was Director of Publicity at Warner Books (before it became Grand Central). Ellen moved to London in 1994 for two years and returned sixteen years later with three children. She now splits her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and a small town on Cape Cod very much like Granite Point.