The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert

 

 

Nan keeps her secrets deep, not knowing how the truth would reveal a magic all its own Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. She doesn’t know about them, though. Her mother, Nan, has made sure of that. But one phone call from the sheriff makes Nan realize that the past is catching up. Nan decides that she has to make things right, and invites over the two estranged friends who know the truth. Ruthie and Mavis arrive in a whirlwind of painful memories, offering Nan little hope of protecting Bay. But even the most ruined garden is resilient, and their curious reunion has powerful effects that none of them could imagine, least of all Bay.

Praise for The Memory Garden 

“Unwinds the magic and mystery of a mother and daughter and three old friends, all at the fragile juncture of truth and forgiveness. Rickert can build an audience that will marvel at her witchy talents.”   – Publishers Weekly STARRED review 

"A potent brew of guilty secrets and tragic histories, but also of enduring friendship and love. Add a pinch of the botanical. Serve on a luminous night faintly reminiscent of A Midsummer Night's Eve. A totally charming, totally engaging story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. Magic in every line."   – Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

 

 

 

 

 

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Book Details:

Title: The Memory Garden, Author:  Mary Rickert, ISBN: 9781402297120, Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark, Release Date: May 2014, Formats: Trade Paperback $14.99

 

 

 

About the Author

Mary Rickert is a Nebula Award nominee and a multiple World Fantasy Award winner for short fiction. She has worked as a Disneyland balloon vendor, and at Sequoia National Park. She lives in Wisconsin, in a small city of candy shops and gardens. This is her first novel. 

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