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Unearthing The Secret Garden: The Plants and Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Author:
Marta McDowell
Publisher:
Timber Press
Date:
October 12, 2021
An account of how plants and gardening deeply inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.
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Affectionate and informative, Unearthing the Secret Garden is not unlike a garden itself, with its smooth lawns of prose and striking shows of illustration and photography.
In [the The Secret Garden], Burnett transforms surly young Mary Lennox from an abandoned and unloved outcast into an inquisitive and caring companion through her escapades in nature. McDowell does much the same for her subject, chronicling Burnett’s life, from an impoverished childhood in Tennessee to international renown and riches through her prolific career as an essayist and novelist.
Gardeners and book lovers alike will delight in this colorful survey..
