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“The gradual but compelling unraveling of this family mystery captivated me.” —Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Hiroshima Boy and Clark and Division“This book is a true delight to the senses!” —Keri Wilt, speaker, historian, and great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret GardenA Modern Gothic Retelling of The Secret Garden. Still grieving her mother’s death, American photographer Mari Lennox is sent to document Yanagi Inn, an old, dilapidated ryokan outside Kyoto, Japan. By day, Mari explores the inn and its grounds, taking striking photographs and uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. At night, eerie weeping (which no one else seems to hear) keeps her awake. Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches for the source of the ghostly sound—and discovers a devastating secret tying her family’s history to the inn, and its mysterious, forlorn garden.For readers who enjoy The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel by Wendy Webb.

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Cracked doesn't always mean broken.Grieving her mother's death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. But then eerie weeping no one else in the inn seems to hear starts keeping her awake at night.Despite the warnings of the staff, Mari searches the deep recesses of the old building to discover the source of the ghostly sound, only to realize that her own family's history is tied to the inn, its mysterious, forlorn garden . . . and the secrets it holds.

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The mystical element of water is both a bringer of life and a bearer of death, the herald of hope and the harbinger of destruction. It is in our nature to seek to understand it, to conquer it and to sip its mysterious powers. Who better, then, to ask for guidance and inspiration than the spirits of water themselves, the Water Fae - mermaids, sprites, nymphs and more. Their wisdom and insight have been collected within this oracle to help us comprehend and embrace the enigmatic dichotomy that is water.MYTHS & MERMAIDS features the artwork of world-renowned artist, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, paired with a guidebook channelling the wisdom, advice and poignant poetry of Jasmine''s two sisters, Amber Logan and Kachina Mickeletto. The guidebook includes primary and antithesis meanings for each card, reflecting the duality of water and card spreads ranging from concise yes/no readings to more complex divinations. Embrace the duality that is the element of water and prepare to plumb the depths o

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