Mistress of Misselthwaite
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Last published Mon, Jul 31, 2023
It is the year 1917. Forced to flee from her finishing school, 16-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Misselthwaite Manor, among friends and family. Busying herself with the old garden to keep herself from worrying about Dickon, who is fighting in the Great War, Mary discovers more than a love of flowers and is torn between a childhood love and a new blossoming romance.
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