This is a novel of outer and inner journeys and an homage to the power of storytelling. Both books reveal morton as an author in supreme control of her material, and she delivers again, right on target, with. The forgotten garden by kate morton a foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. Whether you are discussing characters and their actions, setting, theme, or images, having a guide to questions that will. We have decided to share the questions for those of you unable to attend. Tragedy has been described as the conflict between desire and possibility.
I didnt want to put it down but on the other hand i didnt want it to end. Want to see these questions in action, and join a fun monthly online book club no awkward silences, promise. The forgotten garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international bestselling author kate morton. The perfect book club is made up of three key things. A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a. At cliff cottage, on the grounds of blackhurst manor, cassandra discovers the forgotten garden of the books title and is able to unlock the secrets of the beautiful book of fairy tales.
As a member or leader of a book club, you are likely to be reading books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and nonfiction. So, im going to talk about all the nitty gritty details. No matter the genre, age, notoriety, or length of the book of the moment, book club questions can kickstart or enhance your group discussion. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single booka beautiful volume of fairy tales.
Book club recommendations that are great for summer. The the forgotten garden community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and. On the night of her twentyfirst birthday, nells father, hugh, tells her a secret that shatters her sense of self. The forgotten garden by kate morton, paperback barnes. Reading and discussing the forgotten garden, by kate morton, was great fun. An ongoing book discussion group will meet the second monday of every month from 78 pm in the vermont room. Secret garden, bringing in frances hodgson burnett as a character in the book. On the eve of the first world war, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to australia. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The forgotten garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international bestselling author kate morton cassandra is lost, alone and grieving. These discussion questions for the forgotten garden by kate morton are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. The forgotten garden this has to be one of the most enjoyable books i have read.
Summary a tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for australia in 19. I mean the eerie, ambiguous narratives of hans christian andersen and the brothers grimm, or the late 19thcentury retellings found in andrew langs fairy books. The forgotten garden is enticing and mesmerising, full of mystery and suspense, which keeps you reading with hunger rachel sat 26 nov 2011 04. I kept running across kate mortons name and book titles, and was curious by them. Kate morton is the awardwinning, new york times bestselling author of the house at riverton, the forgotten garden, the distant hours, the secret keeper, the lake house, and the clockmakers daughter. First up, our january 2019 book club pick is the forgotten garden by kate morton. These discussion questions for the forgotten garden by kate morton are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your. Each month we discuss two short novels, carefully selected to complement our theme.
These stories evoked explicitly in kate mortons the forgotten garden are emotionally. Discussion will be held on january 21 at at the miller branch. Following this definition, is the forgotten garden a tragedy. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book. On the night of nells twentyfirst birthday, her father hugh tells her a secret that shatters her sense of self. The forgotten garden far surpassed my expectations. All is not forgotten is a book i really dont have that much to say about without discussing spoilers. The forgotten garden by kate morton book club discussion. But i dont mean perky animated movies like the little mermaid. The journey in and out of three time periods, each with a different central characterthough each connected to the others in a way that continues to be revealed until the very endis easy to follow, and the switches add to the suspense and my reluctance to put this book down until i finished.
Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. A book club like no other, each session of forgotten fiction is curated around an enticing theme, from spinetingling 20th century gothic to the decadence of the roaring twenties and noirish femme fatales to friendship gone sour and frenemies. The forgotten garden last night was great, we missed a few of you. Cindy asked us to prepare for the discussion, and she came prepared to reward us for our preparation. In 2010, mortons third novel, the distant hours, was released, followed by her fourth, the secret keeper, in 2012. We meet in a private facebook group and chat about a new book every month. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. At first i was bothered by how similar it was to the book the secret garden but then when it became the inspiration for that book i thought that was clever. If you are joining us for the forgotten garden readalong, i hope you are enjoying the book. On the night of her twentyfirst birthday, nells father, hugh, tells her a secret that shatters her. She is a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english literature.
The forgotten garden discussion showing 123 of 23 goodreads. A spellbinding tale of mystery and selfdiscovery, the forgotten garden will take hold of your imagination and never let go. This book was voted on by our goodreads group for our australia selection. Our book club read the forgotten garden a year ago and really enjoyed it. A fouryearold girl abandoned aboard a ship touches off a centurylong inquiry into her ancestry, in mortons weighty, at times unwieldy, second novel the house at riverton, 2008.
Join us for lively discussion as we talk about the forgotten garden by kate morton. Adult book club the forgotten garden events calendar. The forgotten garden by kate morton booklist queen. We announce the book selection on the first monday of the month and discuss on the last monday of the month at.
Cassandra is a young australian woman who lives with her. In 19, hugh, portmaster of maryborough, australia, discovers a. These stories evoked explicitly in kate mortons the forgotten garden are. Group read discussions the forgotten garden spoilers. The next discussion post will go live on july 1, 2015 to discuss chapter 28 through the end of the book. He rmost recent novel, lake house, came out in 2015. Travel the world in books with us, its never to late to join our. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. It is a book you want to own to reread again on a cold winters day. The story is about an young woman who decides to uncover the secret of her grandmothers strange arrival in australia in 19. I love that it covers several generations even though at times it is a little hard to follow. If you havent read chapters 1 through 27 of the forgotten garden by kate morton and dont want spoilers, please come back to discuss when you are done with those chapters. A plait motif threads through the forgotten garden.
A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. I may be biased, but moms book nook is the best online moms book club youll find. General book club questions for study and discussion. It was a fun discussion and i was pleased to see that for as big as this book was. You are welcome for the questions and thanks for being so involved in the discussion. A mysterious woman called the authoress had promised to look after her but the authoress has disappeared without a trace. The forgotten garden reading group guide book by kate. The first two things are easy to accomplish just read anything by. The forgotten garden is a 2008 novel written by australian author kate morton, driven by the mystery of why a 4yearold child is found abandoned on an australian wharf in 19 while paying homage to frances hodgson burnett, the secret garden and the gothic novel, mortons second work explores living with and overcoming loss of trust, of identity, or of loved ones and was inspired by. The tea and tomes book club is reading the forgotten garden by kate morton. Also, mark your calendars to join us on twitter on july 8, 2015 from 910pm est for discussion of the forgotten garden.
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