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Lost Garden

by Helen Humphreys
Lost Garden

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ISBN13: 9780393324914
ISBN10: 0393324915



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This word-perfect, heartbreaking novel is set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the Blitz, and a young woman gardener named Gwen Davis flees from the burning city for the Devon countryside. She has volunteered for the Land Army, and is to be in charge of a group of young girls who will be trained to plant food crops on an old country estate where the gardens have fallen into ruin. Also on the estate, waiting to be posted, is a regiment of Canadian soldiers. For three months, the young women and men will form attachments, living in a temporary rural escape. No one will be more changed by the stay than Gwen. She will inspire the girls to restore the estate gardens, fall in love with a soldier, find her first deep friendship, and bring a lost garden, created for a great love, back to life. While doing so, she will finally come to know herself and a life worth living. Reading group guide included.

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This is a book to read again and again. —Nancy Goodwin, author of A Year in our Gardens --Nancy Goodwin

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Those who, as children, loved The Secret Garden will hear its echo in The Lost Garden....[D]elicate, moving. --Rosellen Brown

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"This novel...remains with the reader long after the last page is turned, and it feels like an evening walk through a pungent, private garden." Beth Kephart

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A beautiful novel with substance. --Jessica Teisch

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Luminous....a stunningly beautiful little gem that lingers in the memory like the heady scent of a damask rose. Jessica Teisch Bookmarks

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Multi-layered in its themes with an undercurrent of wartime passion and danger...unforgettable. --Judy Gaither and Emily Gaither

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Humphreys has a poet's eye, and the story is full of startling images that linger in the mind. --Lisa Michaels

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A graceful, poetic novel of love and loss in England during World War II. --Lee Milazzo

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A story of longing, life and death—the stuff all great gardens are made of. --Catherine Newton

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Humphreys's affecting third novel never fails to couple the realistic with the ideal, the historical with the timeless. --Matthew Batt

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A beautiful evocation of love and loss....Subtle and deeply affecting....Rich and satisfying.

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A finely wrought novel....What brings Gwen to life and makes this novel work is Humphreys's meticulous, lucid prose. --Margot Livesey

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WITH A HAUNTING STORY of love in a time of war, Helen Humphreys has created a novel that is both heartrending and heart-mending. London is on fire from the Blitz, and horticulturalist Gwen Davis has fled the devastated city for a ruined estate in Devon to grow crops as a volunteer with the Women's Land Army. There, for the first time, she experiences true friendship, love, and loss.

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Leaving London to grow food for the war effort, Gwen discovers a mysterious lost garden and the story of a love that becomes her own.

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Helen Humphreys, a poet and novelist, is the author of The Lost Garden, Afterimage, Leaving Earth, and Coventry. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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Lori Bourgeois , January 04, 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.

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Annie , August 04, 2007 (view all comments by Annie)
Helen took me gently, yet vividly through Gwen's losses during London's Blitz and World War II, her relationship with her mother and losses of self-esteem, with an underlying hope that affirmed the many loves in Gwen's life. An especially engaging read for one who treasures the gifts of gardens, or for one who strugges with day to day living in the midst of loss.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393324914
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
10/17/2003
Publisher:
W W NORTON & CO
Pages:
208
Height:
.54IN
Width:
5.34IN
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2003
UPC Code:
2800393324916
Author:
Helen Humphreys
Subject:
Gardens
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945

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