the secret garden purse

Books can evoke such strong feelings and attachments for me, and seeing this bag reminded me of reading The Secret Garden for the first time and feeling the magic inside.

Book nerds (like me) will adore this bag shaped like a copy of The Secret Garden. Made of vegan leather, it comes with an adjustable matching green strap which can be used as a shoulder strap or to make the bag a crossbody. The “cover” of the book opens up to a small purse with a zipper pocket, perfect for a wallet, phone, and a few self-care products, or even a mass market paperback.

But the real charm is in the bookish details. The bottom and sides are decorated with black lines, making them look like pages, and the front and the top of the bag look like the cover and side of the book The Secret Garden. It’s also covered in pictures of flowers and butterflies, surrounded by a rich green. The back of the bag has a quote, “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden,” invoking the warmth of the book, and there is also a key charm that reminds me of the secret magic of books.

I love this whimsical bag that looks like a book. It’s beautiful and heart-warming, and it would be the perfect gift for book lovers, but in particular for those who fell in love with The Secret Garden and has been searching for her own secret garden ever since.