Author: Helen HumphreysPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393051834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Great Britain, Women, Army, WWII 1939 - 1945.
The Lost Garden
Author: Ang LiPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231540329
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Lost Garden is an eloquent portrait of the losses incurred as we struggle to hold on to our passions. The novel begins with the family of Zhu Yinghong, whose father, Zhu Zuyan, was imprisoned in the early days of Chiang Kai-shek's rule. Zhu Zuyan spends his days luxuriating in his Lotus Garden, which he builds according to his own desires. Forever under suspicion, he indulges as much as he can in circumscribed pleasures, though they drain the family fortune. Eventually the entire household is sold, including the Lotus Garden. The novel then swings to modern-day Taipei, where Zhu Yinghong falls for Lin Xigeng, a real estate tycoon and playboy. Their cat-and-mouse courtship builds against the extravagant banquets and decadent entertainments of Taipei's wealthy businessmen. Though the two ultimately marry, their high-styled romance dulls over time, leading to a dangerous, desperate quest to reclaim the enchantment of the Lotus Garden.
The Lost Gardens
Author: Anthony EglinPublisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429903945
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Hidden within the derelict gardens of abandoned Wickersham Priory, a deadly secret is waiting. But when an unsuspecting young Californian named Jamie Gibson finds herself the new owner of the estate, through a surprise bequest from a total stranger---the secret begins to stir. Jamie, fired with enthusiasm to restore the gardens to their 1930s glory, seeks the help of Lawrence Kingston, a retired professor of botany, eccentric bon viveur, and amateur sleuth. Lawrence soon unearths an old chapel, which leads to an ancient Healing Well, which in turn yields a human skeleton. And as the police pursue their inquiries, Kingston begins his own investigation---following a baffling trail of clues that wind down through the centuries, from the battlegrounds of World War II to the depths of the Middle Ages. It is a trail marked by misadventure, revenge, compassion, and murder when finally Kingston unlocks the secret of Wickersham Priory, he and Jamie must confront a reckoning that neither of them could have ever imagined. As with the highly acclaimed The Blue Rose, Eglin brings his botanical and literary skill to this new mystery.
The Garden of Lost Secrets
Author: A.M. HowellPublisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1474970664
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
October, 1916. Clara is sent to stay with her formidable aunt and uncle in the grounds of a country estate. Clara soon discovers that her new surroundings hold secrets: a locked room and a hidden key, and a mysterious boy who only appears in the gardens at night... But can Clara face up to her own secrets, and a war she’s desperate to forget?
The Lost Garden: A Novel
Author: Helen HumphreysPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340937
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
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. 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.
The Lost Garden
Author: Jan W. HodgePublisher: Fawcett Books
ISBN: 9780449202531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Unaware that she is the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Cley, Caroline is summoned from her vicarage home to live at the Duke's stately mansion and discovers jealousy, snobbery, illicit passion, and life-threatening intrigue
Author: John Wilders
Author: Jane Aiken HodgeThe Lost Garden
Author: Laurence YepPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688137016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Young Laurence didn't really where he fit in. He thought of himself as American, especially since he didn't speak Chinese and couldn't understand his grandmother, who lived in Chinatown. But others saw him as different in the conformist American of the 1950s. In this engaging memoir, the two-time Newbery Honor author tells how writing helped him start to solve the puzzle.
The Lost Gardens
Author: Philip OsmentPublisher: Collins Educational
ISBN: 9780007336432
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stumbling upon a hidden and forgotten garden, three young friends find themselves transported to World War One, and caught up in the shocking truth of young soldiers sent to fight for their country. Beautifully illustrated by Michael Foreman, this thought-provoking play helps to bring the First World War into modern day.
