The Garden House
A beautiful, feel-good story for the new year
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4.3 • 23 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
'A warm and engaging read' Trisha Ashley
'Lovely... Made me long for a long hot summer by the sea' Jo Thomas
A sweeping story about family and buried secrets set in Devon, perfect for fans of Erica James and Veronica Henry.
After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief she soon realises there were things her father was hiding from her...
Jules is also mourning Martin, but they thought best to keep their relationship secret, she must now grieve entirely alone. All she has to remember her love are the memories of their time spent at a beautiful community garden and teashop nearby. The Garden House is where they met, fell in love and where their secret affair will inevitably be uncovered.
As El and Will begin to piece together her father's secrets they are brought closer and closer to both Jules and a truth that is difficult to face.
*****
Praise for Marcia Willett:
'A beautifully woven tale of families and their secrets...' Liz Fenwick
'Riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' Daily Mail
'Sweeping powers of description transport her readers to another time and place' Rosanna Ley
*****
Readers are loving The Garden House:
'Oh Marcia, yet another wonderful book!'
'I have read all the books Marcia has written. She never disappoints'
'Like putting on a favourite old sweater or comfy pair of slippers... I try to ration when I read so I don't finish it all in one go'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Willett (Starry, Starry Night) highlights how a new relationship can provide solace through grief in this enjoyable contemporary. When El's father, Martin, dies, El inherits the Pig Pen, his country home near Tavistock, England. Though El's mother, who divorced Martin five years ago, discourages El from moving, El, a recent university graduate, seizes the opportunity. She relocates to Tavistock, gets a job at a local bookstore, and contemplates writing a novel. When El finds her father's phone and discovers texts still coming in from an apparent love interest she knew nothing about, she and her stepbrother and semi-friend, Will, team up to locate the mystery woman. Though El's hurt that her father didn't confide in her, she's comforted by the friendships she finds with her father's community in Tavistock—and by her growing closeness with Will. Willett's atmospheric writing successfully conjures the idyllic English countryside while delivering multifaceted relationship dynamics and well-shaded characters. Readers will want to devour this fast-paced outing in one sitting.
Customer Reviews
Story of loss, love and new beginnings
Absolutely loved this book. I hope that there will be a follow on book so that we can catch up with El, Will and Julia again. Unputdownable, go read it.