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Original Title: | The Rose Garden |
ISBN: | 0749009519 (ISBN13: 9780749009519) |
Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | Cornwall, England(United Kingdom) |
Literary Awards: | RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements (2012), Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Historical Fantasy/Paranormal (2011), OKRWA National Readers Choice Award for Novel with Romantic Elements (2011) |
Susanna Kearsley
Paperback | Pages: 476 pages Rating: 4.03 | 27531 Users | 2999 Reviews
Define Containing Books The Rose Garden
Title | : | The Rose Garden |
Author | : | Susanna Kearsley |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 476 pages |
Published | : | May 11th 2011 by Allison & Busby (first published January 1st 2011) |
Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Science Fiction. Time Travel. Fiction. Fantasy. Historical Romance |
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When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own. For the house where she so often stayed as a child is home not only to her old friends the Halletts, but also to the people who had lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts that she is able to slip between centuries and see and talk to the inhabitants from hundreds of years ago, she soon finds herself falling for Daniel Butler, a man who lived - and died - long before she herself was born. Eva begins to question her place in the present, and in laying her sister to rest, comes to realise that she too must decide where she really belongs, choosing between the life she knows and the past she feels so drawn towards.Rating Containing Books The Rose Garden
Ratings: 4.03 From 27531 Users | 2999 ReviewsJudge Containing Books The Rose Garden
These books are such cosy reads, perfect for what I wanted over the weekend. Something to curl up with and shut out the world. I had to laugh about the author's comment at the back of the book. Maybe not quite as explicitly said as I read it but the Cornwall of stories to the Cornwall of reality is always quite different.To me, a good time travel yarn must possess a certain amount of plausibility. I found this vital element seriously lacking in "The Rose Garden." Daniel and Fergal should have been shocked by a woman from the future suddenly appearing out of thin air; e.g., they should have been questioning her about her strange appearance, what time period she came from, what it was like in the future; etc., etc. Instead, they're pretty much blasé about this mysterious phantom woman. Fergal is a little taken
Red is the rose that in yonder garden growsFair is the lily of the valleyClear is the water that flows from the BoyneBut my love is fairer than any.Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lassCome over the hills to your darlingYou choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vowAnd I'll be your true love forever.'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayedWhen the moon and the stars they were shiningThe moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hairAnd she swore she'd be my love forever.
I find it difficult to rate this novel. On one hand, I was sufficiently engaged by the narrative and the characters to read it in two or three sittings. On the other hand, it requires a massive suspension of disbelief, which at times I found difficult to sustain. The heroine is Eva Ward, who after the death of her much loved sister, travels from the United States to Cornwall to scatter her sister's ashes near Trelowarth House, where she and her sister spent their childhood summers. Family
Re-read January, 2014 with Jeannette and Diane Lynn:Actually a better read the second time around, (view spoiler)[as I was able to watch for the myriad clues Kearsley had laid down throughout the storyline that culminated in her cool twist at the end. (hide spoiler)] Great story; warm and wonderful characters. I cried again this time around, which is always a bonus feature :DOriginal Review:How does she do it?No, seriously, how does Susanna Kearsley manage to engage me, move me to tears and
3.5 stars out of 5I keep seeing it everywhere... "If you enjoyed Outlander, you'll love The Rose Garden" Ok...me, me, me!!!I loved Outlander and the entire Outlander series. So, that means I'll love this book right?Wrong. I didn't LOVE it. I liked it. It was good but not outstanding (the way Outlander was). It was interesting but not interesting enough to warrant the comparison to Outlander.Hold up, don't get me wrong here.This book was good. I thought the beginning was excellent. I thought the
A comfortable, easy to read book containing romance, time travel, history and a lot of detail about the Cornish coast. I love Cornwall and, like the main character in the book, I used to holiday there. It is a delightful place but to my shame I never felt any magic when I crossed the Tamar. Perhaps that's just me. Anyway this was a pleasant enough story to while away a few hours. It was odd that Daniel was so totally unfazed when a strange woman kept popping up in his house and then disappearing
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