The Walled Garden
Robin Farrar Maass
(Author)
Description
American grad student Lucy Silver comes to England to research Elizabeth Blackspear, a famous poet, but soon finds herself in a fight to save Blackspear's historic gardens, hot on the trail of a decades-old mystery, and in danger of falling for a hot Scot. Along the way, she discovers that her true home-and inheritance--are more incredible than anything she'd ever imagined.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Sparkpress
Publish Date
May 17, 2022
Pages
344
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.4 X 1.2 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781684631315
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About the Author
Robin Farrar Maass is a lifelong reader and writer who fell in love with England when she was twenty-two. She enjoys tending her messy wants-to-be-English garden, painting watercolors, and traveling. She lives in Redmond, Washington, with her husband and two highly opinionated Siamese cats. The Walled Garden is her first novel, and she's already at work on her next novel set in England.
Reviews
"A well researched love story with multiple plot twists."
"Robin Farrar Maass is a terrific writer whose voice and vision will hold you captive from page one. But this mystery is more than a page-turner: it's also an exquisite portrait of a young woman who is, truly and finally, seeking to solve the mystery of herself and discover who she is. This is a wonderful book. Read it!"
--Bret Lott, New York Times best-selling author of Jewel and Dead Low Tide
"Part literary mystery, part love story, part gently ironic send-up of both, The Walled Garden captures our American tendency to romanticize all things British, particularly lush gardens, eccentric poets, Oxford, and aristocrats. Maass deftly manages to weave them all together is this witty, absorbing, warmly intelligent novel. One to savor on a long summer afternoon by the backyard roses."--Suzanne Berne, author of The Dogs of Littlefield
"The Walled Garden is a truly atmospheric novel; it's a mystery with the lyrical beauty of a spring day and the yearning of a young and broken heart. . . . A joy to read both for the story that it tells and the way in which it tells it, The Walled Garden is a thoughtful, provocative piece not to be missed. Highly recommended."
--Booklist
"The narrative drops enough hints to ease the audience through its twists; anticipating the young detective's discoveries as she works toward a happy ending for her grandmother, her new friends, and herself is engaging. The Walled Garden is a gentle novel about forbidden love and the cost of keeping secrets."
--Foreword Reviews
"Maass' debut novel blends romance and poetry with the language of flowers....In addition to [Agatha] Christie, Maass' novel evokes Dan Brown's 2003 bestseller The Da Vinci Code, with suspense arising from poring over poetic passages as well as the study of flowers and plants."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Robin Farrar Maass is a terrific writer whose voice and vision will hold you captive from page one. But this mystery is more than a page-turner: it's also an exquisite portrait of a young woman who is, truly and finally, seeking to solve the mystery of herself and discover who she is. This is a wonderful book. Read it!"
--Bret Lott, New York Times best-selling author of Jewel and Dead Low Tide
"Part literary mystery, part love story, part gently ironic send-up of both, The Walled Garden captures our American tendency to romanticize all things British, particularly lush gardens, eccentric poets, Oxford, and aristocrats. Maass deftly manages to weave them all together is this witty, absorbing, warmly intelligent novel. One to savor on a long summer afternoon by the backyard roses."--Suzanne Berne, author of The Dogs of Littlefield
"The Walled Garden is a truly atmospheric novel; it's a mystery with the lyrical beauty of a spring day and the yearning of a young and broken heart. . . . A joy to read both for the story that it tells and the way in which it tells it, The Walled Garden is a thoughtful, provocative piece not to be missed. Highly recommended."
--Readers Lane
--Midwest Book Review
