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This beautiful engrossing novel filled with elegant prose has become my favorite, and a default gift for my friends. Helen Humphreys' prose is like poetry. The story focuses on a woman who becomes a farmer during WWII in Great Britain in order to help provide food for the soldiers. She discovers a small forgotten garden on the property where she works and brings it back, providing a refuge for herself and her soul. With the addition of a star-crossed love affair, this book gives the reader an entertaining and heartfelt afternoon of entertainment.
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The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
Lori Bourgeois, January 4, 2010
This beautiful engrossing novel filled with elegant prose has become my favorite, and a default gift for my friends. Helen Humphreys' prose is like poetry. The story focuses on a woman who becomes a farmer during WWII in Great Britain in order to help provide food for the soldiers. She discovers a small forgotten garden on the property where she works and brings it back, providing a refuge for herself and her soul. With the addition of a star-crossed love affair, this book gives the reader an entertaining and heartfelt afternoon of entertainment.