The Secret Garden

ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE

About the story.

Mary Lennox arrives at a Yorkshire house with little experience of friendship and plenty of practice at being disagreeable. The unfamiliar household has rules, closed doors, and a garden people seem reluctant to discuss.

Frances Hodgson Burnett lets curiosity lead Mary out into the grounds and toward other lives. Wind, soil, and the slow work of caring for something become part of a mystery that changes with the seasons.