The Forgotten Garden

I've finally finished this very long story The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. It is a saga about a 4 year old girl found on the Maryborough dock in 1913 and taken home and "adopted" when no one claims her. When she grows up "Nell" is told of her uncertain origins and her life is changed. She seeks answers and returns to England to unravel the mystery. Nell runs out of time to solve the puzzle as she takes on new responsibilities, looking after her granddaughter Cassandra. After Nell's death, it falls to Cassandra to solve the mystery of her grandmother's origins. The story is told with each chapter being in a different time period - the early 1900s before Nell's birth, the 1970s when Nell returns to England, and 2005 when Cassandra follows the same path. So there are several stories being told at the same time. Well-written and constructed as each chapter leads to part of the mystery being solved until all is finally revealed to the reader and to Cassandra. 4/5