The Night Garden, Lisa Van Allen
The Night Garden, Lisa Van Allen
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The Night Garden

Author: Lisa Van Allen

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/07/2014

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

Nestled in the bucolic town of Green Valley in upstate New York, the Pennywort farm appears ordinary, yet at its center lies something remarkable: a wild maze of colorful gardens that reaches beyond the imagination. Local legend says that a visitor can gain answers to life's most difficult problems simply by walking through its lush corridors.

Yet the labyrinth has never helped Olivia Pennywort, the garden's beautiful and enigmatic caretaker. She has spent her entire life on her family's land, harboring a secret that forces her to keep everyone at arm's length. But when her childhood best friend, Sam Van Winkle, returns to the valley, Olivia begins to question her safe, isolated world and wonders if she at last has the courage to let someone in. As she and Sam reconnect, Olivia faces a difficult question: is the garden maze that she has nurtured all of her life a safe haven or a prison?

About Lisa Van Allen

Lisa Van Allen holds an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BA from McDaniel College. She has been published in many literary journals and magazines and has been a nominee for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Claire

4 - SIT A WHILE AND REMEMBER WHATS FORGOT. Stars. Think of your favourite fairy-tale characters, smoosh them all together and add all the colours of the rainbow, as well as all the others you know of, and quite a few you haven’t heard of yet, and write it for grown-ups. That pretty much sums up the T......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

I really believe that we are drawn to certain books at certain times in our lives. Sometimes we don’t even know that we have chosen the “right” book. For me 2015 was a terrible year health-wise. My eczema flared up to the point that I couldn’t function at work or at home. I reached for this book bec......more

Goodreads review by Grace

I never before realized what a subtle balance is required in a good magic realism story. Since it is my favorite book genre, I figured the more fantastical elements the better. Van Allen proved me wrong with this story. The garden itself is beautifully described, a wondrous creation of hedge-bordere......more