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Work InformationThe Memory Garden by Mary Rickert (2014)
   Witchy Fiction (132) Top Five Books of 2016 (733) Books Read in 2014 (1,214) » 1 more io9 Book Club (61) No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) dmurfgal | Dec 9, 2022 |  Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 | (  ) grandpahobo | Sep 26, 2019 |  ) jeninmotion | Sep 24, 2018 | The narrative in The Memory Garden is as quietly lush and punctuated with flare and oddity as its descriptive garden filled with orphaned shoes and wild flowers. It’s that of Nan, her worries and complaints of aging, her resignation to its unexpectancy, but its harsh inevitability. And it’s that of Bay, the restless longing and rebellion of youth, its innocence and confusion, its desire for identity and truth. The result is an intimate discourse on the mother-daughter relationship, its joy and weariness, its gaps not only in age, but in the mystery of the unknown. And it is at its heart, a window to the uniqueness and flair in which the two live, as both outcasts in their small town, victims of rumour and discrimination. To read the rest of my review, you're more than welcome to visit my blog, The Bibliotaphe Closet at: http://zaraalexis.wordpress.com - Zara (  ) ZaraD.Garcia-Alvarez | Jun 6, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Winner of the 2015 LOCUS AWARD for Best First Novel "...A SUPERB FANTASY NOVEL." â?? The Chicago Tribune In a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding. Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay. There's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie?times that were dark and full of guilt. But some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay... An enchanting fantasy, fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, will be captivated by Mary Rickert, the World Fantasy and Crawford Awardâ??winning author. What reviewers are saying about The Memory Garden: "atmospheric, eerie, and utterly beautiful..." â?? Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Love Story "A totally CHARMING, totally ENGAGING story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. MAGIC IN EVERY LINE." â?? Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club "The Memory Garden is one of the most intense fantasy books I've read in years...reminds me a bit of [Terry] Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, but also of some of my favorite literary novels about misfits who invent themselves as they go along. I've seldom read a book that's as gentle, and yet as powerful, as The Memory Garden." â?? io9 "... a blend of poetical language and dark suspense... 'The Memory Garden' is a tale of tragedy, hope and kinship." â?? The Washington Post No library descriptions found. |
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