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The Girl in the Garden
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
17 posts | 10 read | 43 to read
An unforgettable novel about a young woman and her infant son who are abandoned at a seaside motel in New England, the townspeople who provide them with shelter, and the secrets that all of them are keeping
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kspenmoll
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
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robinb Love those colors! 💙 5y
megnews What a beautiful cover!! 5y
Librarybelle That cover is amazing! 5y
cherinium I echo the other comments. The cover is very striking. 5y
Tanisha_A 😍 5y
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GirlWellRead
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
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Wallace's novel is a slow burn when revealing how these individual stories are related to one another. Each character is drawn out over the course of the narrative through June and Luke, who is an extension of June. They help not only bring Iris out of her shell, but are a link to what is good in the world. Told from multiple points of view, this beautiful novel would be an excellent choice for a book club.

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cathysaid
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June, pregnant at sixteen, is abandoned in a New England town. As the local residents rally to look after her and the child, Wallace describes this strange cast of characters, including their relationships, quirks, frailties and strengths. While we are on one hand reminded that humans are capable of inflicting pain, we are also reminded that through struggle, strangers can become trusted friends. 4/5 ⭐️

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#audiobook #recommended

MayJasper Thanks for the review 7y
cathysaid @MayJasper You're welcome! 7y
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cathysaid
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Listening to this one and really enjoying it! A young mother, June, is abandoned in a small New England town and the residents rally to assist; what follows are character studies of those that become involved in her life. So far, they are quirky and charming. I initially avoided this one on Hoopla because it sounded too saccharine for my tastes, but it is proving to be engaging and not overly sweet. #currentlyreading

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Lmstraubie
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Panpan

This is 7 hours and 46 minutes of my life I will never get back. I should have bailed, but I always have hope that it's going to get better. It just felt like too much back story and not enough connection between the characters.

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Lmstraubie
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I always wonder when I'm listening to a book and not really liking it if it's the book or the narrator. #audiobooks

merelybookish I wonder this all the time. 7y
Andrew65 I know, it can be be difficult to work this out. 7y
Smangela Yes!! A lot of times it's the narrator for me! 7y
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Karen3
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Mehso-so

I'm not quite sure how to rate this one. I started it as an audio book on hoopla but it returned before I had a chance to finish so I bought the ebook and that was a mistake. I was really enjoying it up until the physical copy. Why would an author not use quotation marks for dialogue? It made me so mad. 3 ⭐️ overall since I enjoyed the story but why? Why ruin a good thing?

LauraBrook I've noticed this trend more and more and it totally pisses me off! #petpeeve What is the point? Do writers want to make people work harder to read their book? Ensure there isn't a flow to their reading? Bah, this makes me so angry bc it's so unnecessary. Just use quotation marks! If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 7y
The_Literary_Jedi The no quotation phenom is annoying - it's supposed to be more natural and realistic as we don't go around air quoting our conversations. I've also started to see more Joycesian stream of consciousness writing as well - no punctuation, no paragraph breaks, & no line breaks. 🙄🤷🏻‍♀️ 7y
Cupofjo I've not read this book, but have others with no quotations.. and I hate it! 7y
Mamashep I had a problem with the dialogue, too. 7y
Coleen I'm reading a book like that right now. I find myself having to backtrack or re-read certain parts sometimes to orient myself. Not a fan. 👎 7y
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VLL119
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Today's choice.

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Rachbb3
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
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Well that's a wrap for February. I only bailed on one.
#bestoffebruary #feistyfeb

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Rachbb3
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
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What a breathtaking book. The author writes beautifully. I loved the characters, most of them generous and loving. The way they cared for each other and gave of themselves to help heal past wounds was wonderful, kind of revives your hope in humanity.

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Rachbb3
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My Friday night consists of waiting out this cold and this beautiful book. (The whiskey is purely for the cough I assure you) 😎

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Mamashep
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177 pages mostly this dense. Thank god it's not 800 pages! But I am really enjoying it!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Time to increase that font size! It'd get a headache with that. 8y
Mamashep @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I can never decide if I want to increase font size or not because then I feel like the book is that many pages longer! 8y
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Mamashep
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Up next for #Litsypartyofone reading. Got my buddy with me. #LittenKitten

DebinHawaii Sweet! 🐱❤️ 8y
Mamashep That's his fave place to be! 8y
Tanzy13 🐱 8y
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Alfoster
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This is a heartbreakingly beautiful novel set in a small seaside town with characters who have secrets and regrets; all are "broken" and alone. What eventually binds them together feels like a magical thread weaving a lovely tapestry; the prose is nuanced and spellbinding. I cried at the end for the beauty and fragility of the human spirit that provides solace in a sometimes harsh world.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

rockpools This sounds lovely! 8y
kspenmoll Sounds wonderful!🌹🌸 8y
DivineDiana Pretty photograph! 8y
Coleen Beautiful pic! 8y
Alfoster @DivineDiana @Coleen Thank you! I just happened to have those flowers on hand! 8y
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HiddenGemBooks
The Girl in the Garden | Melanie Wallace
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When June arrives on the coast of New England, baby in arms, an untrustworthy man by her side, Mabel—who rents them a cabin—senses trouble. A few days later, when the girl and her child are abandoned, Mabel sets her up to live with her friend, Iris.

Surrounded by the personal histories and secrets of others, June finds the way forward for herself and her son amid revelations of the others' pasts.

#TBR 📚❤️

kspenmoll Beautiful cover; my colors! 8y
Baileeandme Very pretty book cover! ❤ 8y
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JenniferJR
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This is the book that finally ended my book hopping problem! I was hooked from the first page! #thegirlinthegarden #arc

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hhharlow
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"It's never the scars that can be seen which matter."

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