The French Gardener : A Novel Paperback - 2009
by Montefiore, Santa
- Used
Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, "The French Gardener" combines the savvy of contemporary women's fiction with an old fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.
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- Title The French Gardener : A Novel
- Author Montefiore, Santa
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone, New York
- Date 2009-06-02
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4390710-6
- ISBN 9781416543749 / 1416543740
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.32 x 0.94 in (20.42 x 13.51 x 2.39 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Gardens
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
A magical garden. A cottage that holds a secret. A mysterious Frenchman (handsome, naturally). A family in need of some love. These story elements are irresistibly entwined in this heartwarming novel by the author reviewers consistently compare to Maeve Binchy (Booklist) and Rosamunde Pilcher (Daily Mail UK). It begins as Miranda and David move out of London into a beautiful country house with a magical garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their bucolic dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness. Then a mysterious Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? When Miranda discovers his secret in the cottage by the garden, the whole family learns that a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation. Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, The French Gardener combines the savvy of contemporary womenâÈçs fiction with an old fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/2009, Page 63
- Library Journal, 06/01/2009, Page 90
- Publishers Weekly, 04/27/2009, Page 113
- Romantic Times, 06/01/2009, Page 71
