The Victory Garden

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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 twenty one 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 , 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 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. New Read [ The Victory Garden ] By [ Rhys Bowen ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Rhys Bowen specializes in historical fiction with a heavy side of romance This time, she turns her attention to the last year of WWI Emily is a young lady of means, at a loss of purpose when she meets a young Australian flyer recuperating at the hospital next to her home and they quickly fall in love Once she turns 21, she signs up to be a land girl, much to the consternation of her parents It doesn t take long for her to end up engaged, pregnant and her fianc dead This book is heavy on Rhys Bowen specializes in historical fiction with a heavy side of romance This time, she turns her attention to the last year of WWI Emily is a young lady of means, at a loss of purpose when she meets a young Australian flyer recuperating at the hospital next to her home and they quickly fall in love Once she turns 21, she signs up to be a land girl, much to the consternation of her parents It do...The simple message of a garden is hope that sprouts from tiny seeds.Rhys Bowen presents a story in the midst of The Great War It s May of 1918 in Devonshire and Emily Bryce is about to celebrate her twenty first birthday Being the daughter of a judge and living on quite a sizable estate, Emily is removed from the hardships that have worked their way into the lives of most families in England But that is all about to change.Emily corresponds with her best friend, Clarissa, who has become a The simple message of a garden is hope that sprouts from tiny seeds.Rhys Bowen presents a story in the midst of The Great War It s May of 1918 in Devonshire and Emily Bryce is about to celebrate her twenty first birthday Being the daughter of a judge and living on quite a sizable estate, Emily is removed from the hardships that have worked their way into the lives of most families in England But that is all about to change.Emily corresponds with....It did seem to take an awfully long time nearly six chapters to set the scene, develop the plot, and build the characters But after all the groundwork was constructed, the story flourished into an intricately detailed drama, entertaining the reader by allowing them to visit another time and place with hours of pleasure.This quote is a very minor influence of the book, but it rings so trueBooks are wonderful You can get transported away by a good story If we re living in a place like.It did seem to take an awfully long time nearly six chapters to set the scene, develop the plot, and build the characters But after all the groundwork was constructed, the story flourished into an intricately detailed drama, entertaining the reader by allowing them to visit another time and place with hours of pleasure.This quote is a very minor influence of the book, but it rings so trueBooks are wonderful You can get transported away by a good story If we re living in a place like this, we can read about Paris or a tropical island and feel like we are thereThe focus was on the last year of WWI However, its central point of the attention was shone on the people at home that suffered traumatically from the effects of the war, especially the wome...Set in 1918, towards the end of the war to end all wars the story tells of the trials and tribulations of 21 year old Emily Bryce She has been kept close at home by her parents who are still grieving the loss of their son, Emily s brother Freddie The moment she comes of age Emily leaves her home, becomes engaged to an Australian fighter pilot and joins the Land Army All very brave moves ...This is the first non mystery book by Rhys Bowen I have read I am a huge fan of her mysteries because I love the accessible style, her capable ability to render a historical setting and world to life and her characters Such memorable characters.The Victory Garden proves that Bowen can write with easy elasticity in any genre While I fo...starsRhys Bowen is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, who has published a range of award winning historical fiction novels The Victory Garden, published in 2019, is her latest a standalone historical fiction title Set in the last year of World War I, it is the story of a young woman who experiences love, loss, duty, commitment and independence, during a time of great uncertainty It is a compelling period piece that demanded my starsRhys Bowen is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, who has published a range of award winning historical fiction novels The Victory Garden, published in 2019, is her latest a standalone historical fiction title Set in the last year of World War I, it is the story of a young woman who experiences love, loss, duty, commitment and independence, during a time of great uncertainty It is a compelling period piece that demanded my undivided attention from the opening page, to the final word.The Victory Garden is a stunning p...I love Rhys Bowen s books, especially the recent stand alone historical fiction such as In Farleigh s Field and the Tuscan Child Therefore, it pains me to write this review I found Victory Garden to be predictable, forced, and unrealistic With few exceptions, I found the characters two dimensional, like they were playing a stereoty...The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen is apparently a historical fiction novel revolving around World War I It is fiction alright, but historical only up to the extent that the events are scheduled around a war of the writer s choosing, WWI in this case It could have been any other war in history, and the story would have still kept afloat with no to few...I read The Victory Garden last weekend, and it was the perfect book for a long, cozy weekend of reading We ate leftovers because I didn t want to stop reading long enough to pull together dinner Rhys Bowen is a masterful writer She transported me to another time and place England, toward the end of the Great War and then the time immediately afterward Emily was a character to cheer for When she found herself alone, unmarried and pregnant, she had the grit and determination to forge a life I read The Victory Garden last weekend, and it was the perfect book for a long, cozy weekend of reading We ate leftovers because I didn t want to stop reading long enough to pull together dinner Rhys Bowen is a masterful writer She transported me to another time and place ...I stopped reading the review pitch once I saw WWI in the description, which was basically the first line in the summary I have read a lot of stand alone novels by Bowen and have been impressed with her writing and historical research.Her stand alone books have mostly been set in WWII, but WWI is truly my favorite period in historical fiction, so seeing that this book was set during that time earned this book and instant and enthusiastic, yes from me.I have consistently enjoyed reading Bowen I stopped reading the review pitch once I saw WWI in the description, which was basically the first line in the summary I have read a lot of stand alone novels by Bowen and have been impressed with her writing and historical research.Her stand alone books have mostly been set in WWII, but WWI is truly my favorite period in historical fiction, so seeing that this book was set during that time earned this book and instant and enthusiastic, yes from me.I have consistently enjoyed reading Bowen s books, whether they are one of her historical mysteries or her stand alone novels She as an incredible gift for writing vastly different content and managing to keep all of her heroines fresh and interesting.This novel started toward the end of the war rather than the beginning which caught me off gua...

The Victory Garden
  • 17 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 368 pages
  • 1542040116
  • Rhys Bowen
  • The Victory Garden