A beautiful and heartwarming portrait of a young woman who looks at the world differently, for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Lady in the Van.
June can name every flower species in the alphabet. She finds it much harder to cultivate an understanding of people.
After her mother's unexpected death, June has to leave her home. Her social worker suggests a flat with no garden-clearly, that won't work. In search of a home where she can use her horticultural skills, she sets out to find her father, whom she's only seen in an old photograph.
When June arrives at her father's door in Notting Hill, he panics and turns her away. With nowhere to go, June secretly moves into her father's yellow garden shed. Now she'll be surrounded by her beloved flowers. But when the family dog and her father's twelve-year-old son discover June, she must choose between being seen or running away.
This joyful novel is for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Lady in the Van. A heart-warming and humorous portrait of a young woman who looks at the world differently, June in the Garden lets us see the world afresh. Because thinking unconventionally might be the key to appreciating the wonder around us.
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''The book we all need right now...Heartwarming, witty, and ever so wise...June will remain firmly embedded in your heart, long after the final page.' Jane Tara, author of Tilda is Visible
Essential and beautiful...There's a little bit of June in each of us, waiting anxiously for the rest of the garden to bloom.' Benjamin Ludwig, author of Ginny Moon
'June in the Garden is a story that will weed its way into your heart. June is a lovely character you can't help but root for, and her journey is at once a story of grief and coming of age, while also exploring independence and what it means to be a person. I cried; I cheered; I wanted to get my hands into the dirt alongside June, if she would let me.' Rachel Mans McKenny, author of The Butterfly Effect
