Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

  • The Lost Garden

  • By: Mary Stanley
  • Narrated by: Mary Stanley
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Lost Garden

By: Mary Stanley
Narrated by: Mary Stanley
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £25.99

Buy Now for £25.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

The face Esme Waters presents to the world is not the face she sees in the mirror. Even her three daughters don't know the truth behind her careful smile. But a chance meeting with a psychiatrist in Paris opens the first crack in Esme's mind. While her own children are falling in love, learning about loyalty, and rebelling against the rules, Esme discovers that sometimes the walls you build for protection need to come tumbling down.
©2006 Mary Stanley (P)2007 Oakhill Publishing Ltd
Literary Fiction
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Critic reviews

"Complex and elegantly written." (Sunday Independent)
"A beautifully crafted story by a very gifted writer." (Sunday World Magazine)

What listeners say about The Lost Garden

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for C. S. Covil

The Lost Garden

A gripping story I found it a sensitive and moving, tense but also uplifting.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Richard

Revisiting horror

After about half an hour of this book, I told myself this is an Aga Saga, and I won't listen any more. But I did and was captured by its complexity and sensitivity. Observations about the power (or not) of the past provoked a sympathy in me. I was annoyed by the author's voice saying 'over and over' when I wanted 'again and again', but the narrative has power, and the people, Jacob especially, are authentic. An owl, spiders, geese, flowers, caf?s and restaurants, real loneliness and real France, not imagined from far . . .
Thank you, Mary Stanley.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Miss Stella Noons

The Lost Garden

A very enjoyable listen.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Deirdre

That vioce

I am sure this book is perfectly readable but the reader's vioce irritated me so much I simply couldn't listen to it.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Anna

Edna O'Brien meets Emmerdale Farm

When I started listening to this audiobook I was surprised that the author was reading it - it soon became clear that no self respecting actor would touch it. This book is drab, tedious and badly written. From the overly detailed descriptions of the clothes worn by it's two dimensional heroine to the tired old Irish Catholic theme and the shallow psycho babble - it's dull dull dull. The pseudo intellectualism of the protagonists is laughable and the whole scenario reads more like an exercise in wishful fantasising than a serious attempt to tackle difficult though overused material. The sugary and unskilled voice of the author narrating her poorly constructed sentences make this an infuriating and unpleasant listen. If you are looking for good literature -don't waste your money.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful