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"Two women, separated by a generation but equally scarred by war find hope, meaning and friendship through a garden of flowers. Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to loneliness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind a towering fence surrounding her home and gardens, Iris has built a new family ... of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to an heirloom garden filled with starts-and memories of her own mother, grandmother, husband and daughter. When Abby Peterson moves to Grand Haven, Michigan, with her family-a husband traumatized during his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability-they find themselves next door to Iris, and are slowly drawn into their reclusive neighbor's life where, united by loss and a love of flowers, Iris and Abby slowly unearth their secrets"--Provided by publisher
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The Heirloom Garden, Viola Shipman
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Heirloom Garden
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Viola Shipman
- Publisher
- Center Point
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 504
- ISBN13
- 9781643585857
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Love, Family, Contemporary Romance, Military Fiction, Wars, Plants, USA, Children, Fun, Loss, Garden, Mourning, Summer, Daughters, Soldiers, Beaches, Lakes, Coast
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- "Two women, separated by a generation but equally scarred by war find hope, meaning and friendship through a garden of flowers. Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to loneliness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind a towering fence surrounding her home and gardens, Iris has built a new family ... of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to an heirloom garden filled with starts-and memories of her own mother, grandmother, husband and daughter. When Abby Peterson moves to Grand Haven, Michigan, with her family-a husband traumatized during his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability-they find themselves next door to Iris, and are slowly drawn into their reclusive neighbor's life where, united by loss and a love of flowers, Iris and Abby slowly unearth their secrets"--Provided by publisher