The French Gardener The French Gardener

The French Gardener

A Novel

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Publisher Description

A neglected garden. A cottage that holds a secret. A mysterious and handsome Frenchman. Prepare to be “spellbound by the sheer charm” (Daily Express, UK) of Santa Montefiore’s tender and powerful novel about passion, loss, and the healing power of love.

It begins as Miranda and David Claybourne move into a country house with a once-beautiful garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness.

Then an enigmatic Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? When Miranda reads about his past in a diary she finds in the cottage by the garden, the whole family learns that a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation.

Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, The French Gardener is a contemporary story told with an old-fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2009
June 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
432
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
10.8
MB

Customer Reviews

No No Nannette ,

The French Gardener

I love all of Santa M.’s Books. Some scenes were a little too long, but did not take away too much. The story is worth reading til the end. I’m only sad that I have read all her books, but I will wait patiently for a new one.

Micheleirz ,

Incredible story of love and magic!

Santa Montefiore's novels never cease to take me on amazing travels to lands I have never seen to ride the emotional roller coaster of the lives of her characters. "The French Gardener" is a tale that tugs at your heart strings and teaches the reader to appreciate the magic, love and simplicity that is always vibrating in their own lives. My life feels enriched by having read such an incredible story.

WestiesMama ,

Plodding and predictable

To be fair, I didn’t read this entire book. It was so slow and plodding that after little more than half of it, I skipped to the last two chapters and sure enough, the ending was exactly as I predicted. It struck me as 100 pages of story painstakingly crammed into 432 pages. I realize there are people who will enjoy the interminable psychoanalyzing angst drawn out on every page, but if you are not among them, consider giving this book a pass.

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