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The Garden of Small Beginnings

Waxman, Abbi. Book - 2017 Adult Book / Fiction / General / Waxman, Abbi 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.9 out of 5

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"Young widow Lilian Girvan can't see the garden for the weeds ... It's been three years since her husband was killed in a car accident and Lilian is still getting used to being sane--after that one early breakdown. She's happy just being able to get her two girls to school every morning, keep her illustrating job, and catch up on her favorite TV shows with her sister. She's not exactly in a rut; she's just letting the grass grow under her feet. But then Lilian's boss asks her to illustrate a vegetable encyclopedia and signs her up for a vegetable-gardening class. Lilian reluctantly agrees and recruits her kids and sister to join her for some drama-free Saturday mornings, because what could be more relaxing than gardening? Nothing ... except that this class is filled with people who like to dig a little deeper than the surface, and an instructor who makes Lillian want to bloom for the first time in years. With her fellow newbie gardeners, Lilian learns what it takes to nurture plants--and friendships. Digging in the dirt, with worms and all, teaches Lilian that sometimes you have to let nature take its course, be it in gardening, in life, or in love.."-- Provided by publisher.

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this book submitted by yinan on June 19, 2017, 1:35pm this book is very intriguing

Better than the last Waxman book I read submitted by smgop on August 19, 2021, 8:22pm This one I actually had some empathy for the characters - they didn't all irritate me as in I Was Told It Would Get Easier.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Berkley, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: 347 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399583582
0399583580

SUBJECTS
Widows -- Fiction.
Women illustrators -- Fiction.
Single mothers -- Fiction.
Gardeners -- Fiction.
Gardeners -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Love stories.
Domestic fiction.