The Forbidden Garden A Novel
The Forbidden Garden A Novel by Ellen Herrick, published by HarperCollins on April 4, 2017, is a 400-page work of fiction that explores themes of family life and the complexities of women’s relationships. The narrative follows Sorrel Sparrow, who, alongside her sisters, runs a nursery on the New England coast. When she is presented with the chance to revive a long-dormant Shakespearean garden at Kirkwood Hall in England, she discovers a space filled with history, heartbreak, and potential enchantment.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of family lore and dark secrets as Sorrel delves into the mysteries of the garden and the ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella. The story intricately weaves Sorrel’s journey of nurturing plants with her personal quest to uncover the garden’s hidden past. As she becomes increasingly drawn to the enigmatic figures surrounding the estate, Sorrel’s connection to the garden deepens, suggesting that its fate may be intertwined with her own.
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“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 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…
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