After she is orphaned by a cholera epidemic in India, she is sent to live with an estranged uncle on his sprawlingly creepy English country estate. Which is perhaps the reason I have always found solace in Frances Burnett's The Secret Garden.įirst published in 1911, The Secret Garden is the story of Mary Lennox, a bitter and selfish little girl who hates the world and everyone in it. I am dubious of spring's high expectations for renewal, and of summer's pressures those months when it is commonly considered an infraction to be inside ever. I love the winter, especially in Manhattan where the funneled winds dare you to leave your house in the morning. Whatever the opposite of seasonal affective disorder is, I have it. She has never gardened but she does keep a bright purple orchid in her office, which persists in blooming no matter how hard she tries to kill it. Sloane Crosley is the author of the upcoming I Was Told There'd Be Cake, a book of humorous essays about disappointment.
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