Summery

Oct 4, 2006 at 2:40 PM
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There is a thread at NaNo composing of people's plot ideas summerized in a sigle line. Very amusing, some of them.

What? You want to know what mine is?

When we meet him in "The Secret Garden" Archibald Craven is a shadow of a man who has turned away from everything he once loved: it must have been an extrodinary love for Lily's death to have shattered him so completly.

Lily's Garden

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Squee! I love the Secret Garden, espcially Dicken for reasons unknown ;P That is a very cool concept - and one that has totally worked in the past for Geraldine Brooks :) I haven't read March yet, but it is apparently very good.

* cheers on Lily's Garden *

I only just heard about March. I'm really eager to read it. Little Women is another fav book of mine.

I'm really excited about this. When I was little not only was it one of my fav books, but I adored the Hallmark movie based on the book. It started out in the future, with Mary as a nurse, and told the story through flashbacks (it ended with Dickens arriving in the garden and they kiss.) I always thought Mark and Dickens would end up together.

I was listening to the musical recently. It has this great song at the end (in the Broadway version sung by Mandy Patankin) or rather 2 songs. Where in the World and How Could I Ever Know. The first song is Archie lammenting the fact that he is being haunted by Lily, and where can he go to get away from the memories. The second part is Lily's responce. She didn't know that she would have to leave him, but her wish is for him to take that love he feels for her and give it to their son.

I started thinking about that idea, and wanting to expand it. How did they meet? She must have loved gardens very much. I can see her mucking around in the dirt, and her mother getting exasperated. "Why can't you be a proper lady?" And she has a sisiter who moves to India and has a child. What was that relationship like? Were they good friends? Or did they just tolerate each other?

Thank you for your positive reaction to my idea. It means a lot to me.

Summery

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