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Original Title: The Painted Garden
ISBN: 0007100205 (ISBN13: 9780007100200)
Edition Language: English
Series: Shoes #6
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The Painted Garden (Shoes #6) Paperback | Pages: 146 pages
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Title:The Painted Garden (Shoes #6)
Author:Noel Streatfeild
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 146 pages
Published:March 6th 2000 by HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (first published 1949)
Categories:Childrens. Fiction. Young Adult

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Life is tough for the Winter family in London, with little money and Dad out of work. Luckily Aunt Cora comes to the rescue with an invitation to live in California. From that moment on, talented Rachel and Tim dream of stardom in America. The family couldn't be more surprised when a movie producer picks plain peevish Jane for the lead part of Mary in The Secret Garden. No one's ever noticed Jane before. Could this be the chance of a lifetime?

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The painted garden is a heartwarming book and was recommended to me by my mother. It can occasionally be dry and boring but is normally engaging. It explores the theme of self discovery. It is about the Winter family, mainly the middle child, crabby Jane, and their adventures during their trip to America.



This was probably my least favorite Shoes book growing up, because Jane is a difficult character to read about. This is a Streatfield novel, so the story starts with quite a set of coincidences: her father is ill and the doctor says he must get out of England for the winter; his sister lives in Santa Monica; Jane is wandering around Santa Monica when she finds a lost dog, whose owner is a movie producer looking for a Mary for his The Secret Garden. Jane gets the part because she's British and

Once again a rags to riches story. This one left me extremely envious as I often fantasized about a Hollywood producer one day discovering me and casting me on the spot. I've yet to see my name in lights.

The very worst Streatfield I have ever read. None of the characters is remotely sympathetic, and I didn't feel at all empathetic with any of the three self-involved children. Tim was obnoxious, Rachel oblivious and Jane flat-down unpleasant. Their parents just kind of hang around waving their hands admiringly and saying, "Well honey if that's what you want to do, go for it." The Americans are cardboard (did Streatfield ever visit America?) with stupid made-up sounding names like

This felt like a slightly different Streatfeild book. Of course, it's also (I think) the first one I've read for the first time as an adult. But, mostly, it's that it's about the untalented sibling. And, unlike characters like Petrova, she is not happy being untalented. Which I thought was very realistic! She's written with sympathy, but the narrative still make it clear the poor girl isn't that talented, despite the movie role!Anyway, it just felt a little less . . . fun, I guess. But you get

I actually read my mother's original copy of The Painted Garden, published in England in 1949, and I read it to my 11 yr old daughter. We both enjoyed it very much. The edition we read does contain stereotyped dialog for different characters, which some modern readers may object to. But I thought it did a good job of describing how this post-war English family reacted to the abundance and affluence of southern California. I also appreciate how many of the characters are less than perfect.