The Heirloom Garden, Viola Shipman
The Heirloom Garden, Viola Shipman
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The Heirloom Garden

Author: Viola Shipman

Narrator: Nan McNamara, Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2020


Synopsis

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage 

In her inimitable style, Viola Shipman explores the unlikely relationship between two very different women brought together by the pain of war, but bonded by hope, purpose…and flowers.

Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has built a new family…of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive.

When Abby Peterson moves next door with her family—a husband traumatized by his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability—Iris is reluctantly yet inevitably drawn into her boisterous neighbor’s life, where, united by loss and a love of flowers, she and Abby tentatively unearth their secrets, and help each other discover how much life they have yet to live.

With delightful illustrations and fascinating detail, Viola Shipman’s heartwarming story will charm readers while resonating with issues that are so relevant today.

Don't miss bestselling author Viola Shipman's charming new novel, THE WISHING BRIDGE—where an ambitious executive rediscovers the magic of family, friendship, home...and Christmas!

Other books by Viola Shipman: Famous in a Small TownThe Secret of SnowA Wish for WinterThe Edge of SummerThe Summer CottageThe Clover Girls

About Viola Shipman

Wade Rouse is a popular award-winning memoirist and internationally bestselling author of twelve books, which have been translated into twenty languages and selected as Today show Must-Reads, Indie Next Picks and Michigan Notable Books. Rouse writes fiction under his grandma’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms inspire his writing. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, A Literary Happy Hour, every Thursday.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on May 28, 2020

Hopeful and heartwarming. Viola Shipman has once again stolen my heart with her/his beautiful writing. It will never fail to amaze me that Viola Shipman is a pseudonym for a male author, he is quite brilliant at telling a story from the female perspective. The story is told from the alternating poin......more

Goodreads review by "Avonna on April 28, 2020

Check out all of my reviews at: [URL not allowed] THE HEIRLOOM GARDEN: A NOVEL by Viola Shipman is a Women’s fiction novel that is one of the most beautifully written and emotional books that I have had the pleasure to read. This book and characters will be in my mind for a long time......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on May 04, 2020

We meet two women generations apart who have lost their husbands. One has a husband who never came home from WWII, and one has a husband who came home but is lost to PTSD. Iris loves her flowers and her family, but they are now gone including her daughter. Abby moves into the house next to Iris, has he......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on February 08, 2020

I have several authors who I run, don’t walk, to get the book when it first comes out. Viola Shipman is one of those authors. When I got approved for this book from NetGalley and the publisher, I immediately had to start the book. This book takes me back to my mother-in-law’s house. Another great bo......more