Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett

Publisher Marketing: Mary, a lonely orphaned girl sent to a Yorkshire mansion at the edge of a vast lonely moor. At first, she is frightened by this gloomy place until she meets a local boy, Dickon, who's earned the trust of the moor's wild animals, the invalid Colin, an unhappy boy terrified of life, and a mysterious, abandoned garden... Contributor Bio:  Burnett, Frances Hodgson Frances Hodgson Burnett, (1849-1924) was an American immigrant from Cheetham, England, and moved to Tennessee as a young woman. After Burnett's father died, she helped earn money by writing. Many of her stories had rags-to-riches themes, which reflected her poverty-stricken circumstances. Burnett wrote over forty books and The Secret Garden was one of her most popular. Contributor Bio:  Berneis, Susie Susie Berneis is a versatile voice over artist with numerous narration credits to her name. She has an ear for dialect and a love for the process of developing characters, cultivated in her 20-plus years of experience as a community and regional stage actress. Based in Ann Arbor, (home of the University of Michigan, where she received her BA in English and Theatre) Susie now takes great joy in playing all the characters she encounters in her narration.