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The Lost Garden

In spring 1941, when London is under attack, Gwen Davis escapes the city for Devon, where she will instruct young girls in growing crops for the Home Front. There, she meets two people who will change her life forever: Raley, a Canadian officer awaiting posting to the Front with his men; and Jane, a frail but free spirit whose fiancI is missing in action. Through them, Gwen comes to understand the unbelievable joy and the unbearable risks of love. Called "exquisite" by The New York Times, this beautifully nuanced novel received rave reviews around the world.

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  • "In spring 1941, when London is under attack, Gwen Davis escapes the city for Devon, where she will instruct young girls in growing crops for the Home Front. There, she meets two people who will change her life forever: Raley, a Canadian officer awaiting posting to the Front with his men; and Jane, a frail but free spirit whose fiancI is missing in action. Through them, Gwen comes to understand the unbelievable joy and the unbearable risks of love. Called "exquisite" by The New York Times, this beautifully nuanced novel received rave reviews around the world."@en
  • ""A beautifully crafted and bittersweet coming-of-age story ..."--BOOKLIST It's spring 1941 and London is being destroyed by the Blitz. Gwen Davis, a young horticulturalist, leaves the city for the Devon countryside. Her job is to rebuild the grounds of a neglected estate to grow food for the home front. The beautiful manor is far removed from the fighting but Gwen has her own battles - as she struggles with her shyness to create a community among her girls. Then Gwen meets two people who will change her for ever: Raley, a Canadian officer awaiting posting to the front, and Jane, a frail free spirit whose fiance is missing in action."@en
  • ""Set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the Blitz, and gardener Gwen Davis has fled the devastated city for the Devon countryside. She volunteers for the Women's Land Army, an organization devoted to growing crops for the war effort."--Jacket."
  • "A young woman gardner Gwen Davis flees to the Devon countryside where she will be in charge of a Land Army group of young girls who are to plant food crops on a country estate. At the estate along with the girls a regiment of Canadian soldiers live and form friendships, etc. Gwen comes to know herself and others."@en
  • "A young woman gardner Gwen Davis flees to the Devon countryside where she will be in charge of a Land Army group of young girls who are to plant food crops on a country estate. At the estate along with the girls a regiment of Canadian soldiers live and form friendships, etc. Gwen comes to know herself and others."
  • "In spring 1941, when London is under attack, Gwen Davis escapes the city for Devon, where she will instruct young girls in growing crops for the Home Front. There, she meets two people who will change her life forever: Raley, a Canadian officer awaiting posting to the Front with his men; and Jane, a frail but free spirit whose fiancé is missing in action. Through them, Gwen comes to understand the unbelievable joy and the unbearable risks of love. Called " exquisite" by The New York Times, this beautifully nuanced novel received rave reviews around the world."@en
  • "Great Britain, Women, Army, WWII 1939 - 1945."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Canadian fiction"@en

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  • "The Lost Garden"@en
  • "Il giardino perduto"
  • "Il giardino perduto"@it
  • "Le jardin oublié"
  • "Der vergessene Garten Roman"
  • "The lost garden"
  • "The lost garden"@en
  • "Der vergessene Garten : Roman"
  • "De verloren tuin"
  • "The lost garden : [a novel]"

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