Upon her return, she adjusts to the familiar. She grew up in Japan before her parents split up and her mother moved Mari and her sister to the United States. Mari learns this firsthand when she accepts an offer to professionally photograph Yanagi Inn in Kyoto, Japan. At night, eerie weeping (which no one else seems to hear) keeps her awake.ĭespite 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.įor readers who enjoy The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Haunting of Brynn Wilder: A Novel by Wendy Webb. We all have secrets, but some people are better at hiding them. My own debut novel, The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn, is a lightly speculative retelling of The Secret Garden, but for adults and set in an old inn outside. 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. DELOZIER The PHOTO THIEE T Secret Garden Yanagi Inn A NOVEL Amber A.

Still grieving her mother's death, American photographer Mari Lennox is sent to document Yanagi Inn, an old, dilapidated ryokan outside Kyoto, Japan. '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 GardenĪ Modern Gothic Retelling of The Secret Garden. When she’s not writing, Amber enjoys trips to Japan, exploring unusual vegetarian foods, and reading Haruki Murakami.'The gradual but compelling unraveling of this family mystery captivated me.' -Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Hiroshima Boy and Clark and Division In addition to her degrees in Psychology, Liberal Arts, and International Relations, Amber holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. But when the ghost of a distressed young girl starts to appear at night, Mari realises that she has been brought here for another reason – to solve the mystery of what happened to her, and what on earth she has to do with it.Īmber Logan is a university instructor, freelance editor, and author of speculative fiction living in Kansas with her husband and two children, Fox and Willow. Inspired by Francis Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn follows American photographer Mari who, soon after the death of her mother, is commissioned to document a dilapidated Japanese inn and its gardens. CamCat acquired world rights from Hannah Weatherill at Northbank Talent Management.

Congratulations to debut author Amber Logan, whose novel The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn will be published by CamCat Books in autumn 2022.

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