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April Showers Bring May Flowers
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Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen
A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the long and magical legacy of the Waverly family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney, who has arrived with her five-year-old daughter, Bay.
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The victory garden
by Rhys Bowen
Marrying an Australian pilot during World War I, Emily volunteers to tend the neglected grounds of a Devonshire estate where she finds inspiration and support in an herbalist's long-forgotten journals.
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The moonflower vine : a novel
by Jetta Carleton
Four very different sisters--Jessica, Leonie, Mathy, and Mary Jo--bound by love and family secrets, pursue their individual destinies from turn-of-the-century America over the course of five decades
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Sonoma rose
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence and is rescued by former love Lars, who helps her seek a cure and outmaneuver corrupt authorities. (historical fiction). Reprint.
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The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Discovering the symbolic meanings of flowers while languishing in the foster-care system, eighteen-year-old Victoria is hired by a florist when her talent for helping others is discovered, a situation that leads her to confront a painful secret from her past
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The Tea Rose : A Novel
by Jennifer Donnelly
Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.
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The Lost Gardens : An English Garden Mystery
by Anthony Eglin
When a human skeleton is unearthed during the restoration of Wickersham Priory's magnificent gardens, eccentric former professor of botany and amateur sleuth Lawrence Kingston launches his own investigation into the crime. By the author of The Blue Rose. Reprint.
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Wild designs
by Katie Fforde
Althea, who is divorced and has three children, a bossy dog, a know-it-all younger sister, and no love life, loses her job and starts a gardening business that leads her to fall for a married man.
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The blue flower
by Penelope Fitzgerald
Presents a fictionalized account of the relationship between the eighteenth-century German poet known as Novalis and his true love, Sophie
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Death and daisies : a Magic Garden mystery
by Amanda Flower
Wrongly suspected in the death of an imperious parish minister who was trying to drive her from Duncreigan, Fiona Knox worries about the impact of rumors on her new shop and starts to question her bewitched sister's innocence.
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A Memory of Violets
by Hazel Gaynor
Taking a job as an assistant housemother at an early 20th-century London home for orphaned and disabled girls, Tilly Harper finds the diary of a deceased former resident who was heartbroken by her separation from her sister. Reading-group guide available. By the best-selling author of The Girl Who Came Home. Original. 100,000 first printing.
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Earthly Joys
by Philippa Gregory
An advisor to the recently crowned King James I, Sir Robert Cecil relies on the practical advice of John Tradescant, a loyal and talented gardener, who becomes an eyewitness to the historical events that are shaping a turbulent England on the brink of civil war. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.
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Queen of the flowers : a Phryne Fisher mystery
by Kerry Greenwood
When St. Kilda has its first Flower Festival, the Honourable Phryne Fisher becomes the honorary Queen of the Flowers. But when one of her flower maidens and her adopted daughter Ruth both go missing, Phryne puts aside her duties as queen and takes up herduties as investigator
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The last garden in England
by Julia Kelly
Given the opportunity of a lifetime to restore an admired designer’s famed historic gardens, Emma uncovers long-hidden secrets about her role model and three women who lived on the property during World War II. 75,000 first printing.
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The flower master
by Sujata Massey
Family secrets come to haunt half-American, half-Japanese Rei Shimura, a Tokyo antiques dealer, when she attempts to reveal the murderer of her instructor in ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging
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The garden club murder
by Amy Patricia Meade
Literary chef Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but two days before the event one of the competitors is found dead in his pristine garden. After hearing that he was the favorite to win the top prize this year, Tish can't help being drawn into the investigation...
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A Fall of Marigolds
by Susan Meissner
Two women living 100 years apart experience similar tragic losses of love, Clara's in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, and Taryn's in the collapse of the Twin Towers, are connected through time by a scarf.
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The Lilac House : a novel
by Anita Nair
When her contented life as a corporate wife and cookbook writer is shattered by her husband's abandonment, Meera assumes responsibility for her extended family and home in Bangalore; while her professor neighbor struggles to care for his daughter, who has been gravely injured in a mysterious accident.
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The heirloom garden
by Viola Shipman
Moving to Grand Haven with her traumatized veteran husband, Abby bonds with her reclusive next-door neighbor over a shared love of flowers that they cultivate together, discovering hope and healing along the way
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A Hundred Flowers
by Gail Tsukiyama
A tale set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution follows the struggles of Kai Ying to safeguard her family when her teacher husband is arrested and sent to a "reeducation" labor camp for criticizing the Communist Party, a situation that is further complicated a year later by her young son's injury and guilty household secrets.
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The garden of small beginnings
by Abbi Waxman
Rendered a single mom after her husband's fatal car accident, textbook illustrator Lillian recruits her young daughters and supportive sister to help her do research for a boutique vegetable guide at the Los Angeles Botanical Garden, where a patient instructor and quirky gardeners help her grieve and find healing. Original. A first novel.
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