Book Day – The Secret Garden

I’d forgotten this book until I saw it recently.  It was another childhood favorite of mine, but I don’t have the vivid imagery from it that I do from Alice.  I think the childhood attraction centered around the idea of a “secret” anything – I had about a billion “secret” forts and hiding spots on our ten acres.  Garden didn’t intrigue me quite so much.  We had a garden.  A huge one.   Needing constant weeding, and consistently producing a bounty of vegetables that I did not, and still do not like. 

As a veggie-loathing adult, this book stays with me partly because it is nostalgic, and partly because it thematically explores the power of positive thinking and overcoming adversity.  I don’t have my old copy anymore though.  I’m going to have to do what I did with Alice and

Cover of the original novel, ca 1911

 go down to the used bookstore and find a copy.

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