{"product_id":"memory-garden-9781402297120","title":"Memory Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2015 LOCUS AWARD for Best First Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...A SUPERB FANTASY NOVEL.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBay Singer has bigger secrets than most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie?times that were dark and full of guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn enchanting fantasy, fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, will be captivated by Mary Rickert, the World Fantasy and Crawford Award-winning author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat reviewers are saying about \u003cem\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"atmospheric, eerie, and utterly beautiful...\" -- \u003cem\u003eJoshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A totally CHARMING, totally ENGAGING story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. MAGIC IN EVERY LINE.\" -- \u003cem\u003eKaren Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most intense fantasy books I've read in years...reminds me a bit of [Terry] Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, but also of some of my favorite literary novels about misfits who invent themselves as they go along. I've seldom read a book that's as gentle, and yet as powerful, as \u003cem\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -- io9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... a blend of poetical language and dark suspense... 'The \u003cem\u003eMemory Garden\u003c\/em\u003e' is a tale of tragedy, hope and kinship.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] BEWITCHING MARVEL of a book.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... absolutely STUNNING.\" -- \u003cem\u003eChristopher Barzak, author of One for Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRickert, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMary Rickert has a Masters of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has published numerous short stories. This is her first novel. She lives with her husband in Wisconsin. Visit her at www.maryrickert.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589788696850,"sku":"9781402297120","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73d6afb1-8f3b-4d83-b29d-da8aff3a263a.jpg?v=1756806562","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memory-garden-9781402297120","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}