Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Format: audiobook (Audible)
Narrator: Victoria McGee
Publisher: Trout Lake Media
As a child I was given a movie version of The Secret Garden. I watched it over and over and over again. As an adult I found out the movie was based on a book and I decided I wanted to read it, and I finally did.
While reading this book I kept thinking back to the movie I continuously watched when I was younger. This book brought back all kinds of memories.
The story follows a young girl who was spoiled growing up because her parents didn't want her, and didn't want to hear her crying. The servants in charge of her care gave her anything she wanted for fear of her mother. Then a great sickness hits the village and the household including her parents are killed, somehow she survives and is taken to her guardian's.
Life at her guardian's house is not much better. The house is a mansion with hundreds of rooms not in use, but she is not able to explore any of them. She is to stay in her room or go play outside, but there are also really no toys. There is also a weird howling that can be heard in the house from time to time. She's told it's nothing but the wind, but she knows better.
The howling turns out to be a cousin of hers, but he doesn't walk. He's been sickly and has refused to even try. The two end up helping each other grow and become better.
It's interesting how the two work off each other, and help each other grow. The friends they make along the way are great too. The friends even help them learn to make friends and show them things about themselves they would have never realized because they have both been given basically everything they ask for in fear of their tantrums.
The amount of growth they each go through in such a short time is amazing. And their growth even helps the guardian's view of life. Her guardian is a hunchback and doesn't see much point in life since his wife died giving birth. He also doesn't give much attention to his son since he reminds him of his wife.
This is an excellent classic book, and I would recommend you check it out.
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