Evelina's Garden

Name: Evelina's Garden
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
ISBN: 9781836100362

Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Narrator: Tess Ravenscroft

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 01/11/2026

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Evelina Adams, a reclusive squire’s daughter, lives a life of solitude, tending a flourishing garden that mirrors her unfulfilled desires. When her young cousin Evelina arrives, the two become entwined in a subtle romance with Thomas Merriam, the village minister. Amid love, societal expectation, and personal sacrifice, the story explores seclusion, longing, and the passage of time in a quiet New England village.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia on November 28, 2011

This novelette is based on two quiet love stories; one of the elderly Evelina who lives a secluded life, delighting in her magnificent garden, and the other story is of her young cousin, also named Evelina. The characters are pleasantly quaint and old-fashioned. The main characters invest lovely emp......more

Goodreads review by Carm9n on January 07, 2017

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Goodreads review by Cheryl on December 11, 2012

Very sweet and romantic; not expected ending......more

Goodreads review by JoAnn on February 03, 2013

This is a sweet romance.......more