From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage In her inimitable style, Viola Shipman explores the unlikely relationship between two very different women brought together by the pain of war, but bonded by hope, purpose…and flowers. Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has built a new family…of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive. When Abby Peterson moves next door with her family—a husband traumatized by his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability—Iris is reluctantly yet inevitably drawn into her boisterous neighbor’s life, where, united by loss and a love of flowers, she and Abby tentatively unearth their secrets, and help each other discover how much life they have yet to live.
Vendor
Graydon House
Type
Media
Weight
0.95 lb
Availability
In Stock
Edition
Original
Dimensions
5.33 x 7.97 x 1.08
Pages
448
Language
English
Target Audience
Adults
Genre
Books, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, 20th Century, World War II & Holocaust
ISBN-10
1525804618
ISBN-13
9781525804618
