tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post7506667103404133497..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: The Secret GardenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-78824737642642358172007-04-22T23:30:00.000-05:002007-04-22T23:30:00.000-05:00Susan Moody wrote, "Return to the Secret Garden." ...Susan Moody wrote, "Return to the Secret Garden." Another woman also wrote a sequel but I forget her name. I am writing my own sequel and have 12 chapters completed. I love the story. I don't analyze it very much, it's the symbolism of restoration which interests me and the characters, the themes of grief and death and how a family is healed.Ataraxiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421588153139173321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-68476401682489135352007-02-22T17:46:00.000-05:002007-02-22T17:46:00.000-05:00didn't someone actually write a sequel with the th...didn't someone actually write a sequel with the three grownup?<BR/><BR/>I loved the garden -- but frankly, found the adults more interesting than the children...Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-64378421224414368612007-02-21T22:10:00.000-05:002007-02-21T22:10:00.000-05:00Kate, did you tell that contest judge to read Mans...Kate, did you tell that contest judge to read Mansfield Park?<BR/><BR/>I have to admit the idea of consanguinity w/cousins icks me out. It is one of the less honorable reasons Mansfield Park isn't among my favorite Austen works. <BR/><BR/>Besides, I run from my gene pool.<BR/><BR/>Jane,<BR/>I did love the wildness of the untamed secret garden, and of India. I was drawn more to Dickon and his way with animals, than I was to Colin.<BR/><BR/>I've also previously identified with the displaced or the disenfranchised, so I liked Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess too.<BR/><BR/>Time to suggest them to my daughter. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-27426757677002910402007-02-21T17:53:00.000-05:002007-02-21T17:53:00.000-05:00I read it a lot when I was a teenager...now I unde...I read it a lot when I was a teenager...now I understand why. :)<BR/><BR/>I also wondered what happened to them and assumed they married. Cousins marrying is a big taboo here isn't it? I got told off in a contest once because my Regency h/h were cousins. I had no idea that was considered icky until I moved here!Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093325179155794600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-46172576714865554672007-02-21T15:15:00.000-05:002007-02-21T15:15:00.000-05:00I loved the book, too, Jane, but it's been too lon...I loved the book, too, Jane, but it's been too long since I read it -- and I've never read it through the critical eyes of a writer/editor. I'll have to dig it out and give it another go.Robin L. Rothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553282341899660240noreply@blogger.com