{"product_id":"the-grandest-garden-9781684632367","title":"The Grandest Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eListed on Hasty Book LIst's \"Most Anticipated Contemporary Fiction of 2024\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBella Fontaine is on her own. Fresh out of college and with the winnings from her first international photography competition, she decides to leave Los Angeles to forge a new life in New York City. But will she be able to overcome the trauma of her childhood and her break from home to make it as a successful artist and professional photographer in a new city? Or will her secrets catch up with her, and keep her from developing the relationships she needs to make her dreams come true? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe meet young Bella just after her tenth birthday, and her grandmothers, Olivette and Miriam, each with a beautiful, mature garden as different from each other as the two gardeners who tend them. As Bella's homelife begins to unravel, she relies on her grandmother's gardens as her refuge for stability and belonging. But when Miriam moves in with Olivette in search of healing, the grandmothers bond in a way that makes Bella feel excluded. What happens next sends Bella out into the world before she is ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grandest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant coming-of-age story about the ties that bind us to our people and how to survive when they break.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sparkpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684632367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Gina L. Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896736743605,"sku":"9781684632367","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-grandest-garden-9781684632367","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}