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The last garden in England / Julia Kelly.
Van Pelt Library PS3611.E449245 L37 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Julia, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--England--Fiction.
- Women.
- England.
- Gardens--Fiction.
- Gardens.
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.
- Summary:
- "Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens' past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden. 1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her ambitious work, Venetia Smith has carved out a niche for herself as a garden designer to industrialists, solicitors, and bankers looking to show off their wealth with sumptuous country houses. When she is hired to design the gardens of Highbury House, she is determined to make them a triumph, but the gardens - and the people she meets - promise to change her life forever. 1944: When land girl Beth Pedley arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she wants is to find a place she can call home. Cook Stella Adderton, on the other hand, is desperate to leave Highbury House to pursue her own dreams. And widow Diana Symonds, the mistress of the grand house, is anxiously trying to cling to her pre-war life now that her home has been requisitioned and transformed into a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. But when war threatens Highbury House's treasured gardens, these three very different women are drawn together by a secret that will last for decades."--Publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kelly, Julia, The last garden in england
- ISBN:
- 9781982107826
- 1982107820
- 9781982107833
- 1982107839
- OCLC:
- 1154122960
- Publisher Number:
- 99987450697
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