| Authors: |
Hoffman, Alice.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Massachusetts -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Crown Pub., c2011. |
| Description: |
270 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307393876 0307393879 |
| Contents: |
The bear's house -- Eight nights of love -- The year there was no summer -- Owl and mouse -- The river at home -- The truth about my mother -- The principles of devotion -- The fisherman's wife -- Kiss and tell -- The monster of Blackwell -- Sin -- Black rabbit -- The red Garden -- King of the bees. |
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
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| Summary: |
A young wounded civil war soldier is saved by a passionate neighbor, a woman meets a fiercely human historical character, a poet falls in love with a blind man, and a mysterious traveler comes to town in the year when summer never arrives. At the center of everyone's life is a mysterious garden where only red plants can grow, and where the truth can be found by those who dare to look. |