My favourite book as a child was the secret garden – which gave me a
lifelong interest in growing things and was probably responsible for my
choice of the last two houses – both with walled gardens. As a teenager I
moved on to the inevitable for a horse obsessed girl – black beauty and then
to Little women – I always wanted to be part of such a selfless and loving
family!!!
Over the years at different periods I could have named many books as
favourites but I guess the most memorable are those of Ben Okrri – The
famished road and its sequel Songs of Enchantment. The writing is graceful,
enchanting and totally engrossing – in fact they make me feel that I have
entered another dimension.