The Forgotten Garden The Forgotten Garden The Forgotten Garden is a 2008 novel written by Australian author Kate Morton, driven by the mystery of why a 4-year-old child is found abandoned on an Australian wharf in 1913. While paying homage to Frances Hodgson Burnett, "The Secret Garden" and the Gothic novel, Morton's second work explores living with and overcoming loss - of trust, of identity, or of loved ones - and was inspired by Morton's own family history. At Nell's joyous 21st birthday party her world falls apart when her father tells her she was adopted as a 4-year-old in 1913, seemingly abandoned
Frances Hodgson Burnett In her later years she maintained the summer home on Long Island, and a winter home in Bermuda. "The Lost Prince" was published in 1915, and "The Head of the House of Coombe" and its sequel, "Robin, "were published in 1922. Burnett lived for the last 17 years of her life in Plandome Manor, where she died on 29 October 1924, aged 74. She was buried in Roslyn Cemetery. Her son Vivian was buried nearby when he died in 1937. During the serialization of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in "St. Nicholas" in 1885, readers looked forward to new installments. The fashions