A series of tiny mysteries, unfolding into other mysteries, and then others still. 
 Would recommend to fans of The Thirteenth Tale and Jane Eyre and The Secret Garden. 
 The story of Eliza and Rose was, for me, the most heartbreaking. It's so sad to see how their friendship crumbled under the weight of sadness. 
 (view spoiler)[A cripple, an orphan, a mysterious garden, an evil mother, a train accident, a car accident, a murder, a surrogate...I don't think Kate Morton left any more tricks in her bag. And yet, somehow, it didn't seem totally implausible. (hide spoiler)] 
 Favorite Quotes 
 As an only child, Cassandra found the well-worn paths of sibling interaction fascinating and horrifying in equal parts. 
 It seemed she was a real person after all, a solid human being, moving in and out of the orbits of others. 
 He was a scribble of a man. Frail and fine and stooped from a knot in the center of his knobbled back. 
 What a delight it was to have a place of one's own, an entire garden in which to Be. 
 We're all unique, just never in the ways we imagine. 
 You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.