After taking a month's hiatus, I figured it was time to get back to reading!!!
For July we will be reading the classic "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I have always wanted to read it, but just never got around to it. If the Hallmark movie interpretation is very accurate, I expect it to be a wonderful story. Plus I bet a number of you have already read it!!
Here is a synopsis for those of us who haven't:
"Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way,
she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as
she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor
on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their
imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the
sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls
which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so
thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I
am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts
from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who
has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of
reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates
characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them
even 85 years after they were conceived."
