The Forbidden Orchid
The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller, published by Listening Library in 2016, presents the story of Elodie Buchanan, a British girl navigating the challenges of family and societal expectations in 1861. As the eldest of ten sisters in a small English market town, Elodie’s life takes a dramatic turn when her father, a plant hunter, faces dire consequences for failing to secure a rare orchid. Determined to save her family from ruin, Elodie convinces her father to return to China, embarking on an adventure that transforms her understanding of the world.
Readers will find a rich narrative that explores themes of exploration and discovery, as Elodie adapts to life aboard a tea clipper and encounters the wonders and dangers of China. The story delves into her internal struggle between her responsibilities and her desire for independence, highlighting the complexities of her character as she confronts new experiences. This edition, available in English, invites readers to join Elodie on her journey of self-discovery and the pursuit of a rare orchid that holds the key to her family’s future.
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The adventures of a British girl in China, hunting for the orchid that will save her family.Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters growing up in a small English market town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter usually off adventuring through China, more myth than man. Then disaster Mr. Buchanan reneges on his contract to collect an extremely rare and valuable orchid. He will be thrown into debtors’ prison while his daughters are sent to the orphanage and the workhouse.Elodie can’t stand by and see her family destroyed, so she persuades her father to return to China once more to try to hunt down the flower–only this time, despite everything she knows about her place in society, Elodie goes with him. She has never before left her village, but what starts as fear turns to wonder as she adapts to seafaring life aboard the tea clipper The Osprey , and later to the new sights, dangers, and romance of China. She comes to find that both the world and her place in it are so much bigger than she’d ever dreamed. But now, even if she can find the orchid, how can she ever go back to being the staid, responsible Elodie that everybody needs?
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