Recommended by Dunsborough Book Chat Club
Set in the Suffolk countryside as it moves from winter to spring. This is a captivating love story and a timeless, moving exploration of trauma and the miracle of human resilience. Echoes of the Second World War are everywhere. The country was on its knees, bankrupt, and yet somehow you had to get by, try to reconstruct your broken life, your shattered relationships. It is 1946, Alice is married to Stephen, heir to crumbling Oakbourne Hall. Once a sweet gentleman, he has returned from the war a bitter and angry stranger tormented by secrets only Alice can only guess at. Alice must try to save Oakbourne Hall from ruin. She begins with the Walled Garden.
This is a heartbreaking tale, beautifully written.
5/5 Stars