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    In the Heart of the Garden
    In the Heart of the Garden
    In the Heart of the Garden
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    In the Heart of the Garden

    Written by Leah Fleming

    Narrated by Nano Nagle

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    From the acclaimed author of The Captain's Daughter and The Postcard, a powerful historical novel about one garden across 1,000 years and the women who found solace within its walls.

    Iris Bagshott strolls down the paths of her ancient garden, close to Lichfield in the heart of England, wondering if it is time to sell her house and land for development. She is unaware that around every corner myriad family secrets from the past unfold. From a Saxon clearing to a monastery, Tudor dwelling to the present day, this sacred plot has nurtured her ancestors. Generations of Bagshott women have found refuge and solace tending it through years of plague, civil war and beyond. This is their story.

    Praise for the Author: “A born storyteller.” KATE ATKINSON
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJul 4, 2019
    ISBN9781789549195
    Author

    Leah Fleming

    Leah Fleming was born in Lancashire of Scottish parents, and is married with four grown up children and four grandchildren. She writes full time from a haunted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales and from the slopes of an olive grove in Crete. She is one of a group of volunteer drivers for her local branch library’s ‘Books on wheels.’

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    • 2/5
      Very very confusing book! Not one of her better ones!
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      I am sorry to tell but i didn’t enjoy this book ?