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Thread #134878 Message #3086122
Posted By: wysiwyg
31-Jan-11 - 04:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lets count the books we read in 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Lets count the books we read in 2011
The Magic Garden, by Gene (Eugenia) Stratton-Porter.
It is a book full of love, devotion and old fashioned values. It is indeed a fairy tale! It makes you laugh, cry and wish Amaryllis and John Guido all the happiness in the world. It offers a knight in shining armour and a true princess.... {there is an] almost lyrical quality of the story of the poor little rich girl who meets the beautiful young musician for a magic day in a magic garden, when she runs away.... It is also an accurate look at how cold and cruel it can be to grow up raised by owning-class people who, themselves, have not been raised in a loving way intimately connected to the real world.