Tom's Midnight Garden - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0397304757 ISBN 13: 9780397304752

Synopsis

When the grandfather clock downstairs mysteriously strikes thirteen, it seems to be connected with a magical garden. Tom - who is lonely and unhappy - has been told the garden is no longer there, but he discovers it, enters it, and makes friends with Hattie. While he wants to stay in the garden for ever, Hattie yearns to grow up and escape. Tom works out that the garden somehow belongs to the past, and that Hattie probably died long ago. He struggles to outwit the passing of time but he fails, and everything seems to have ended in disaster. However, there is a brilliant and unexpected ending in which Hattie's past and Tom's present are happily reconciled.

Illustrated by Susan Einzig, with an Afterword by Victor Watson.

About this title

Review:

This is a rare, moving story, beautifully written and true in every way that matters. It should become a modern classic. --The Guardian

Book Description:

Tom England, Una Stubbs and Crawford Logan star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0397304757
• ISBN 13: 9780397304752
• Binding: Hardcover