The Girl in the Garden

The year is 1974, you have a sad, but beautiful story that begins with sixteen year old June and her infant son being left stranded by her baby's father, an older man, at a cottage near the ocean, far away from the desolate trailer park where she had lived with a really awful mother. So many characte......more

Sad and beautifully written. It was the writing that drew me in from the beginning. While at first I thought the major focus of the story was sixteen year old June and her baby boy who are abandoned at a motel in New England, it became not just about June, but about a cast of heartbroken characters,......more

I have to be quite honest. I was very excited to get approved to read this book. The story sounded good and I loved the cover of the book. The writing style was not to my liking. The sentences were so long and descriptive and it took a lot to focus and read this book. I understand for many this is a......more

I have to give The Girl in the Garden 4 stars because of the writing, although there were some small things about the story that irked me. Despite the use of the word “girl” in the title, this is not a thriller or mystery, and it’s certainly not any kind of popular fiction wannabe. This is a book to......more

5 stars I found this to be a beautiful book. It begins with a teenage single mother being abandoned at a roadside motel in a small tourist village on the East Coast. She has $47 and a small bag of possessions - a very sad beginning. The young mother is June and she is at the heart of this book. While......more