June can name every flower species. She finds it much harder to cultivate an understanding of people.
After her mother’s unexpected death, June sets out to find her father, whom she knows only from an old photograph. When she arrives at his door, he panics and turns her away. With nowhere to go, she secretly moves into his yellow garden shed. But when her father’s twelve-year-old son discovers her, June must decide whether to stay or run.
This joyful and humorous debut novel is also a thoughtful celebration of difference. Readers will fall in love with June, as she searches for the two things she is missing—a family and a garden. June in the Garden lets us see things afresh.
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‘June in the Garden is the book we all need right now. It’s heartwarming, witty, and ever so wise. …[a] perceptive and uplifting story about family and finding a place in the world.‘
‘Essential and beautiful…a primer in empathy and compassion.’
‘A story that will weed its way into your heart… I cried; I cheered; I wanted to get my hands into the dirt alongside June.‘
‘A winning voice that makes you root for her from the very first line to the very last.’
‘June in the Garden is an exquisitely touching, gently humorous tale of love, loss and renewal. The character of June, with all her vulnerabilities and differences, is so sensitively and lovingly drawn that I felt deeply invested in her mission to find a new place to sink her roots. June has her own particular way of interacting with the world, which might initially come across as rigid and self-centred, but her nurturing of the plants that surround her presents us with a window into her deeper, more complex feelings. Both compelling and thought-provoking, June in the Garden is a novel packed with compassion, warmth and wit. I loved it.’
