The September Garden - Hardcover

Law, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749011114 ISBN 13: 9780749011116

Publisher: Allison and Busby, 2012

Synopsis

Set in London during the Blitz, in occupied France, and among the rolling Chiltern hills, this is the story of two cousins thrown together by the outbreak of war. Nell and Sylvie grow up quickly during the early days of rationing, blackouts, and the arrival of RAF planes in the skies. But even as the war rages on around them, the competition and jealousy between the cousins battles on – especially in romance.

When the girls fall in love with the same man, he is spared having to choose between them as the war pulls them all apart and changes the course of their lives, with devastating consequences. For Nell, the only place she can ever find solace is inside the September Garden, her father’s walled sanctuary. It is here that she decides to hide her most dreadful secret . . .

About this title

About the Author

CATHERINE LAW has been a journalist for 22 years, having trained first as a secretary at the BBC and then attending the London College of Printing. She now works on a glossy interiors magazine and lives in Buckinghamshire.

Review

"Had me on tenterhooks throughout and overwhelmed at the end." (Vulpes Libris blog)

"Catharine Law has an extraordinary gift as a writer -- the ability to draw her readers into a deftly woven story populated with memorable characters caught up in a web of all too human emotional entanglements and conflicts. Also available in a Kindle edition, this truly exceptional novel is highly recommended for personal reading lists and community library fiction collections." (Midwest Book Review)

"Village life, meddlesome evacuees, the Blitz, lies, misunderstandings, withheld truths, secrets, and, of course, the eponymous garden will all play a part in complicating Nell and Sylvie’s lives in this bittersweet wartime romance, with its lovely and loving evocation of life in the English countryside." (Historical Novels Review)

"What looks from the cover to be a fluffy romantic book, is anything so although there is a romance, Catherine Law does not spare us the details of life in either country with some truly horrifying events befalling each of the young characters... A well-researched novel that makes me truly grateful that I didn’t have to live through those terrible times." (Cleopatra Loves Books)

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0749011114
• ISBN 13: 9780749011116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 383