June in the Garden

June can name every flower species. She finds it much harder to cultivate an understanding of people.

After her mother’s unexpected death, June sets out to find her father, whom she knows only from an old photograph. When she arrives at his door, he panics and turns her away. With nowhere to go, she secretly moves into his yellow garden shed. But when her father’s twelve-year-old son discovers her, June must decide whether to stay or run.

This joyful debut novel is for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Lady in the Van. Readers will fall in love with June, as she searches for the two things she is missing—a family and a garden. A heart-warming and humorous portrait of a young woman who looks at the world differently, June in the Garden lets us see things afresh.

Eleanor Wilde loves books and gardening and spends her weekends in the hills or foraging for wildflowers in the woods. June in the Garden is her debut novel and she is working on her second, Clockwork Clementine. Eleanor lives near Edinburgh with her young family.

‘June in the Garden is the book we all need right now. It’s heartwarming, witty, and ever so wise. Eleanor Wilde deftly weaves some serious themes into this perceptive and uplifting story about family and finding a place in the world. It’s a tender celebration of differences and of allowing people to blossom. June is a delightfully unique, endearing protagonist who sees the world differently, and through her eyes, you’ll see things differently, too. June in the Garden is an absorbing, poignant, and wholly original read. June will remain firmly embedded in your heart, long after the final page. I loved it.‘ Jane Tara, author of Tilda is Visible

‘June in the Garden is a story that will weed its way into your heart. June is a lovely character you can’t help but root for, and her journey is at once a story of grief and coming of age, while also exploring independence and what it means to be a person. I cried; I cheered; I wanted to get my hands into the dirt alongside June, if she would let me.‘ Rachel Mans McKenny, author of The Butterfly Effect