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The Last Garden in England
by Julia Kelly
Julia Kelly crafts a beautiful multi-generational novel in The Last Garden in England. Centering around the breathtaking Highbury House estate, the reader meets women across three different timelines--1907, led by Venetia Smith, the garden designer who brings it to life; 1944, and the women who protect it from being destroyed and turned into wartime farmland; and present-day as Emma tries to restore the garden's original beauty.
The writing is absolutely gorgeous and so descriptive that I felt like I was in the dirt with these women. While there are a lot of different characters to keep track of and the narration and timeline shifts quite a bit throughout the seasons the book is divided into, I thought Julia Kelly did a great job really developing each character.
I really enjoyed traveling throughout time with this novel and this special garden. I will be grabbing a copy of this when it comes out, it will make the perfect gift for someone who loves gardening and a strong set of female leads!
Special thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
The writing is absolutely gorgeous and so descriptive that I felt like I was in the dirt with these women. While there are a lot of different characters to keep track of and the narration and timeline shifts quite a bit throughout the seasons the book is divided into, I thought Julia Kelly did a great job really developing each character.
I really enjoyed traveling throughout time with this novel and this special garden. I will be grabbing a copy of this when it comes out, it will make the perfect gift for someone who loves gardening and a strong set of female leads!
Special thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.