The Secret Garden

I recently reread this and found it much more profound and meaningful as an adult than I did as a child. The storyline is charming and the themes addressed - becoming physically, spiritually, and mentally healthy by immersing yourself in a regimen of simple food, exercise, meditation and cheerful camaraderie - will probably appeal to people who have grown tired of the overwhelming...more

I recently reread this and found it much more profound and meaningful as an adult than I did as a child. The storyline is charming and the themes addressed - becoming physically, spiritually, and mentally healthy by immersing yourself in a regimen of simple food, exercise, meditation and cheerful camaraderie - will probably appeal to people who have grown tired of the overwhelming clamor, constant pointless chatter, and omnipresent life-sucking technology of the 21st century.   hide

One of my earliest (if not THE earliest) memories of reading a novel and thoroughly enjoying it.