The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn (Paperback)

Amber Logan

ISBN 10: 0744306469 / ISBN 13: 9780744306460

Published by CamCat Publishing, LLC, 2023

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Paperback. "The gradual but compelling unraveling of this family mystery captivated me." -Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Hiroshima Boy and Clark and Division "This book is a true delight to the senses!" -Keri Wilt, speaker, historian, and great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden A Modern Gothic Retelling of The Secret Garden. Still grieving her mother's death, American photographer Mari Lennox is sent to document Yanagi Inn, an old, dilapidated ryokan outside Kyoto, Japan. By day, Mari explores the inn and its grounds, taking striking photographs and uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort-including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. At night, eerie weeping (which no one else seems to hear) keeps her awake.Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches for the source of the ghostly sound-and discovers a devastating secret tying her family's history to the inn, and its mysterious, forlorn garden.For readers who enjoy The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel by Wendy Webb. Short Summary: An adult retelling of the classic children's book The Secret Garden about an American woman who, while mourning the recent death of her mother, travels to Japan to photograph a dilapidated traditional inn only to find herself mysteriously tied to the inn's haunted past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn (Paperback)
• Publisher: CamCat Publishing, LLC
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0744306469
• ISBN 13: 9780744306460
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“The gradual but compelling unraveling of this family mystery captivated me.” ―Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Hiroshima Boy and Clark and Division

“This book is a true delight to the senses!” ―Keri Wilt, speaker, historian, and great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden

A Modern Gothic Retelling of The Secret Garden.

Still grieving her mother’s death, American photographer Mari Lennox is sent to document Yanagi Inn, an old, dilapidated ryokan outside Kyoto, Japan. By day, Mari explores the inn and its grounds, taking striking photographs and uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort―including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. At night, eerie weeping (which no one else seems to hear) keeps her awake.

Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches for the source of the ghostly sound―and discovers a devastating secret tying her family’s history to the inn, and its mysterious, forlorn garden.

For readers who enjoy The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel by Wendy Webb.

About the Author

Amber A. Logan is a university instructor, freelance editor, and author of speculative fiction living in Kansas with her husband and two children―Fox and Willow. In addition to her degrees in Psychology, Liberal Arts, and International Relations, Amber holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.