Purchased for Bjorg for the 2013 Birthday Game. Being sent from Better World Books. Enjoy!!

Thanks so much for sending me this wishlist book for my birthday, I´ve heard such good things about this book and look forward to read it :)

1913 - On the eve of the First World War a little girl is found abandoned after a gruelling ocean voyage from England to Australia. All she can remember of the journey is that a mysterious woman she calls the Authoress had promised to look after her. But the Authoress has vanished without a trace.

1975 - Now and old lady, Nell travels to England to discove the truth about her parantage. Her quest leads her to Cornwall, and to a beautiful estate called Blackhurst Manor, which has been owned by the Mountrachet famiy. What has prompted Nell´s journey after all these years?

2005 - On Nell´s death her granddaughter Cassandra, comes into a surprise inheritance. Cliff Cottage, in the grounds of Blackhurs Manor, is notorious amongst the locals for the secrets it holds - secrets about the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is at Cliff Cottage, abandoned for years, and in its forgotten garden, that Cassandra will uncover the truth about the family and why the young Nell was abandoned all those decades before.


What a story!!! I was totally hooked from the very first page, it´s such a good story, really well written and so exciting. It is full of secrets and surprising twists. I really like Eliza, such a great character.
I will for sure read more of Kate Morton´s books :) Thanks again spoiledrotten for sending me this great book :)

A birthday surprise for nakipa through the Birthday group, hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did :)

Thank you bjorg for the birthday book. I'm sure I'll like it too. :D

I kept this book for too long now, time to go to a new reader! :D I hope you enjoy!

Tasteletter no. 3

And here it is...
What a surprise! Well, it's first page looked promising, and I'm sure I will enjoy this book, which has been a birthday present so far... :)
Thanks, Nakipa, looking forward to reading it. :)

Sent to the winner of the Mail a Garden Sweeps, with a garden-related extra...
And the book does not travel alone...
Enjoy, and congrats on winning! :)

Thank you! I love the little cactus stickers too.

I have already read this book, so I shall search for a new home for it.

Sending as RABCK. Enjoy!

Thank you so much for the RABCK!

What an excellent novel!

On Nell's 21st birthday her father confides in her she is not who she thought she was. When she was only 4 years old she was left abandoned on the docks at the shipping yard. With no identification and no one looking for her, Hugh brings her home for the night. Days turn into weeks, weeks into years and Nell is raised to believe Hugh and Lil are her birth parents. When Hugh passes away, Nell starts a journey to discover her past when her focus changes and she takes over raising her granddaughter, Cassandra. Upon Nell's death, Cassandra discovers there is more to her grandmother's past than she has been led to believe and picks up the pieces where Nell left off all those years ago and discovers what happened to Nell's birth parents and why she was left abandoned.

Kate Morton weaves the tale flawlessly through different time periods and characters over a span of 90 years. Although I had the ending figured out long before I reached it, I couldn't put the book down.

Adding to the Books I've Read and Journaled bookbox.

Received in the Books I've Read and Journaled Bookbox #2.

I will release this back into the box.

Released in the Books I've Read and Journaled Bookbox #2.

Please enjoy!

Received in the Books I've Read and Journaled Bookbox #2.