The Forgotten Garden


 


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The Forgotten Garden
By Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda

What if the key to your future lay buried in your family’s forgotten past?

Ananya Reddy is a successful urban architect in bustling Bangalore—efficient, driven, and deeply disconnected from her roots. Her life revolves around glass towers and concrete dreams, until one unexpected letter changes everything: she’s inherited her great-grandmother’s long-abandoned estate in the countryside, a place whispered about but never spoken of openly.

Drawn by equal parts obligation and curiosity, Ananya makes a reluctant journey to the heart of the forgotten property. What she discovers there isn’t just crumbling brick and overgrown gardens—but a secret sanctuary that once held generations of love, pain, resilience, and healing. Hidden within the estate is a private garden—wild, beautiful, and strangely alive. And nestled within its soil lies an old diary, handwritten by Meera Reddy, Ananya’s great-grandmother.

As Ananya turns its fragile pages, Meera’s voice reaches out from across time—revealing stories of personal rebellion, emotional isolation, and fierce womanhood in the face of tradition. Each entry draws Ananya deeper into her family’s untold legacy, challenging everything she thought she knew about love, success, and the role of women across generations.

What begins as a restoration project soon becomes something far more intimate—a journey of rediscovery, not only of a garden lost to time, but of self, purpose, and connection. Surrounded by strangers-turned-friends, estranged family, and the echoes of a woman who dared to bloom in silence, Ananya must choose between returning to the world she built or planting herself anew in the soil of her past.

The Forgotten Garden is a lyrical, emotional, and heartwarming novel about generational memory, the power of untold stories, and the gardens we grow inside ourselves. Blending the quiet magic of nature with the raw truths of family, identity, and healing, it is a story that speaks to anyone who has ever wondered where they truly belong.


Perfect for readers who love:

If you enjoyed The Secret Garden, The Henna Artist, or Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll fall in love with The Forgotten Garden.

Praise for The Forgotten Garden (fictional blurbs for effect—can be removed or edited as needed):

“A beautifully written tribute to the silent strength of women and the sacredness of forgotten places.”

“Guttikonda crafts a timeless narrative that blossoms with emotional richness.”

Rediscover your roots. Reclaim your story. Welcome to The Forgotten Garden.

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