The Keepers of the Garden

By Pauline Styles

This story is about a young girl inheriting and carrying on a legacy of a garden handed down to her by her grandmother. The young girl learns so much from and about her grandmother and the earlier generations that brought this garden to life, and learns the most sacred secret she has ever had to keep. Her belief and faith in the KEEPERS OF THE GARDEN is vital for their growth and survival. Her task gives her strength to find, within herself, the most precious gift ever given; Believing is the beginning in ones walk of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462869244

Pauline Styles

Writing has always been a passion for me; it has gotten me through good times and bad. I’ve always written as if I was actually living in my writing; my father always told me to write children’s stories. I am one out of six children; I seemed to be the one with the most imagination. I’m a retired hairstylist, creative in everything I’m involved with, so having this opportunity was a great achievement in the first step of “BELIEVING”. I guess, like the theme to this story is to “BELIEVE” in yourself always, and to achieve one’s dreams.

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Copyright © 2011 by Pauline Styles.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2011907266

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4628-6923-7

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4628-6924-4

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Book One

The Keepers Of The Garden

Book Two

The Legacy

Book Three

Beyond The Willows . . .

DEDICATION

Maureen Wannan:

My niece who passed away December 23rd, 2009. This book is dedicated to you. Your fairy collection from Green Earth was given to me and it so impressed me to write this story. You will always live on in our hearts as will your precious fairies . . .

Cleo Carman:

My dearest lifelong friend—through all your trials and tribulations, you still drew the illustrations for my story, thank you so much . . .

Shelly McCormick:

My daughter – thank you for helping and walking with me on this wonderful journey of ‘The Keepers of the Garden’ . . .

To all my friends and family, thank you for ‘BELIEVING’ in my dreams . . .

BOOK ONE

THE KEEPERS OF THE GARDEN

While sitting in her garden, amongst the fragrant flowers and fluttering butterflies awaiting the arrival of her granddaughter, Grandmother thought to herself, Today couldn’t be more perfect. Feeling a little nostalgic, she let her thoughts drift back to the first time she ever came to this garden with her grandmother as a young girl, a little over seventy years ago. Her wonder and passion and love for this place only seemed to grow stronger as she tended to it every day since. She wished her time here never had to end, but sadly, she knew better. Her heart was heavy but hopeful as she counted the moments until she would pass on the secret to her granddaughter, just as her grandmother had done with her all those years ago. After all, the girls were counting on her . . .

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