Her mother destroyed her. The garden saved her.
Poppy was six years old when she was rescued from her abusive mother

The crowning achievement of an astonishing career, ' Boneland' concludes the story that began over fifty years ago in ' The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'. If the sleeper wakes, the dream dies... Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At the same time, & in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock & dances, to keep the sky above the earth & the stars flying. Colin can't remember; & he remembers too much. Before the age of twelve years & nine months is a blank. After that he recalls everything: where he was, what he was doing, in every minute of every hour of every day. But Colin will have to remember what happened when he was twelve, if he wants to find his sister. & the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall, & there will be only winter, wanderers & moon...