The China Garden

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Liz Berry Books</B></I></FONT><I><B> </B></I><I><B>   </B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=159 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000" background="08bd4c00egceel.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Liz Berry Books"><U><I><B>Home</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Meet Liz "><U><I><B>Meet Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books"><U><I><B>Books</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Third Book/Creativity"><U><I><B>Third Book</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Messages"><U><I><B>Messages</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bookstore"><U><I><B>Bookstore</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Liz"><U><I><B>Contact Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Links</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1f9adc01dkelyh.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>The China Garden</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> VOTED WINNER OF THE PEWTER CUP - VIRGINIA READING ASSOCIATION 1999 YOUNG READERS HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL </div> <bR> <div> 1997 YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION  (YALSA) OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION</div> <div> 'BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS' SELECT LIST</div> <bR> <div> NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S</div> <div> 1997 'BEST BOOKS FOR TEENAGERS'</div> <div> EXHIBITION AND LIST.</div> <div> ________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>About the book...</B></I></div> <bR> <div> 'Remember, I tried to stop you. Don't blame me. Remember I tried to warn you.'</div> <bR> <div> Clare is chilled by her mother's warnings to stay away from Ravensmere, the large country house where her mother has taken a private nursing job.  But Clare knows she has to go there - it is not a choice but a compulsion. And she only intends to stay a few weeks, anyway, just until she goes to university in the autumn.</div> <bR> <div> Ravensmere is a strange, enchanting place, but she grows increasingly disturbed. How come the local villagers appear to know her? Why is she having these odd visions? And who is the attractive, leather-clad stranger who is watching her? What is the power of the Benison and why must she visit the China Garden in the middle of the night?</div> <bR> <div> Ravensmere casts a magical spell over Clare, drawing her into a mystery that stretches back over thousands of years. She knows that Ravensmere and the valley are in danger and that time is running out - but will she risk her future to save it?</div> <bR> <div> The China Garden is a haunting novel of an ancient legend, family secrets and young love. A heady mixture of romance and mystery.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Editions</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="editions"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <div> UK First paperback edition 2005</div> <div> Gallery 41 Books, London</div> <div> ISBN 0-9548864-5-3</div> <div> Cover design: Melinda Sandell</div> <bR> <div> First published 1994</div> <div> Victor Gollancz Ltd. London</div> <div> ISBN 0-575-05773-4</div> <div> Cover illustration: Harvey Parker</div> <bR> <div> US First Edition 1996</div> <div> Farrer, Strauss and Giroux, NY.</div> <div> ISBN 0-374-31248-6</div> <div> Cover illustration: Hilary Mosberg</div> <bR> <div> US paperback 1999</div> <div> Avon Books</div> <div> ISBN 0-380-73228-9</div> <div> Cover illustration: Russell Gordon  Photography:Ryuichi Sato/Photonica Photo-illustration Slow Hearth Studio</div> <bR> <div> US Audio Book l997</div> <div> Recorded Books, Inc. N.Y.</div> <div> ISBN 0-7887-1801-0</div> <div> Narrated by Virginia Leishman</div> <div> Cover illustration:  Hilary Mosberg</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Reviews</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="reviews"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>'</I><I>Like a jewel box with hidden drawers and compartments, this finely crafted, multilayered  novel holds many secrets.  Berry builds a setting and atmosphere richly laden with mystery and suspense, in which the ordinary often masks unexpected inter-connections and the extraordinary is natural to the story's wildly imagined terrain.'  </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Publisher's Weekly (starred review).</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>'There are hidden mysteries, concealed relationships, visions and dreams.  Tense, convincing, powerful.' </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> Bookchat</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>'A tense, gripping thriller. The story is a dense mixture of realism and romance, magic, mystery and history, which altogether makes an exciting read.' </I></FONT> <B>Children's Books in Ireland</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>'A lushly romantic tale that unfolds in layers and is firmly grounded in mythology.' </I></FONT> <B>Booklist</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>'Great stuff this, strong, sexy, emotional.' </I></FONT> <B>The Junior Bookshelf</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" width=180 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>The China Garden</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(for young adults - suitable for 14+ years and upwards)</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>About the book...</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id27_m.htm#editions" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>Editions</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27_m.htm#reviews" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>Reviews</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#covers" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>Covers</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>Photographs</B></I></U></A><A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B> and</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>Poem</B></I></U></A><I><B> by Alisa Stolyar</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 1</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 2</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden hapter 3"><U><I><B>Chapter 3</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Covers</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="covers"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="63085d00.jpg" border=0 width="133" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>First UK paperback edition, Gallery 41 Books, 2005</I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="13786c80.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>First edition Gollancz (UK) l994</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="13c8abc0.jpg" border=0 width="138" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>First Edition Farrer Strauss & Giroux (US) 1996</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="13973a30.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>  </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Avon (US) l999</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="13b76b60.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1fc87390.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition, Uitgeverij C. de Vries, (Antwerp and Rotterdam) l996 with backcover image</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1f370ba0.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Audio Book, Recorded Books,(US ) l997</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="6257fc40.png" border=0 width="127" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Suggested cover for new edition 2005 </I><I>by </I><I>designer, </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>Lisa Thundercliffe.</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 1</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I>   </I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>