- Title:
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The Victory Garden
- Written by:
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Rhys Bowen
- Read by:
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Saskia Maarleveld
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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10 hours 20 minutes
- Published:
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July 01 2019
- Available Date:
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July 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655609704
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical; Historical Fiction; Sagas
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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New York Times bestselling author
From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War.
As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage.
When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a 'land girl', tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden. The journals inspire Emily, and in the wake of devastating news, they are her saving grace. Emily’s lover has not only died a hero but has left her terrified – and with child. Since no one knows that Emily was never married, she adopts the charade of a war widow.
As Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs, the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may open a path to her destiny.
'Bowen has created subtle depth of theme and character by layering in women from multiple generations … [Her] masterful weaving of these tales builds a nuanced, thematic portrayal of the inherent strengths of women and the male hackles such power can raise.'
Historical Novel Society