The Silence in the Garden Rena Rossner 'A remarkable story

'A remarkable story

'Icould not putthis bookdown

The children bounce to and from their volatile mother

a bloodthirsty outlaw

is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage

The Silence in the Garden Rena Rossner 'A remarkable storyFamily secrets take their toll on the children of an old Irish family In the summer of 1904 Sarah Pollenfax, the daughter of an impecunious clergyman, arrives at Carriglas, an island off the coast of Cork, to act as governess for her distant cousins. It's a magical time in a magical place. But when she comes back almost thirty years later, after the First World War and the Irish Civil War have taken their toll, she discovers that there were things