{"product_id":"the-garden-of-small-beginnings-a-gloriously-funny-and-heartwarming-springtime-read-9780751564860","title":"The Garden of Small Beginnings A gloriously funny","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A feel-good, hate-to-put-it-down, kind of book!''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e \u003ci\u003eChickLit Central\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eLife is about to blossom for Lili . . .\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the three years since her husband died in a car accident, Lili has just about managed to resume her day-to-day life as a single mother and successful illustrator. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to work \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ewatch TV like a pro. But there''s still the small problem of the aching loss she feels inside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she''s commissioned to illustrate a series of horticultural books, and signs up to a weekly gardening class, finally her life starts to bloom again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe class provides Lili with a new network of unexpected friends - friends with their own heartaches and problems - and, maybe, another chance at love . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Like a conversation with the funniest person you know - just lovely'' Katie Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eFans of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a conversation with the \u003cb\u003efunniest person\u003c\/b\u003e you know -\u003cb\u003e just lovely\u003c\/b\u003e * Katie Fforde, number one bestselling author of A Country Escape *\u003cbr\u003eWaxman has given us a grow bag \u003cb\u003efull of emotion - witty, uplifting \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eunashamedly honest\u003c\/b\u003e * Heidi Swain, Sunday Times bestselling author of Summer at Skylark Farm *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecosy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003elife-affirming\u003c\/b\u003e read * Cathy Hopkins, author of The Kicking the Bucket List *\u003cbr\u003eA young widow is just about holding her life together when she's persuaded to enrol on a gardening course. Down among the weeds and worms she find purpose and friendship . . . \u003cb\u003ea funny and uplifting debut novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant. Simply brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e The Garden of Small Beginnings is funny, poignant, and startling in its emotional intensity and in its ability to make the reader \u003cb\u003elaugh and cry\u003c\/b\u003e on the same page . . . \u003cb\u003eI loved this book!\u003c\/b\u003e * Karen White *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and poignant. \u003cb\u003eGuaranteed to make you laugh and cry.\u003c\/b\u003e May make you want to play in dirt and grow a new life of your own * Wendy Wax *\u003cbr\u003eThis is my favorite kind of book: \u003cb\u003ehilarious, sad, joyful\u003c\/b\u003e. Beautifully-written. Fun. \u003cb\u003eI dare you not to enjoy it\u003c\/b\u003e * Julia Claibourne Johnson *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat a treat!!\u003c\/b\u003e Abbi Waxman is one of the wittiest voices in the world today.\u003ci\u003e The Garden of Small Beginnings \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea beautiful book full of humour, heart, and deep insight\u003c\/b\u003e. An intimate and hilarious journey about a young mom moving on from grief. Reading it \u003cb\u003egave me the feeling I was talking to a really funny, open mom-friend\u003c\/b\u003e sharing secrets about life, love, loss, and gardening! Abbi Waxman's quick wit and heart shine brightly throughout this debut novel. \u003cb\u003eI just loved it!\u003c\/b\u003e * Molly Shannon *\u003cbr\u003eKudos to debut author Waxman for creating\u003cb\u003e an endearing and realistic cast of main and supporting characters\u003c\/b\u003e (including the children). Her narrative and dialogue are \u003cb\u003edrenched with spring showers of witty and irreverent humour\u003c\/b\u003e, which provides much respite from the underlying grief theme * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Small Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003equirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful book\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . We're already dying to know if there will be a sequel * HelloGiggles *\u003cbr\u003eWaxman's voice is \u003cb\u003ewitty, emotional\u003c\/b\u003e and often profound * InStyle.com *\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is filled with \u003cb\u003echaracters you'll love and wish you lived next door to in real life\u003c\/b\u003e * Bustle *\u003cbr\u003eLilian Girvan, the central character of\u003ci\u003e The Garden of Small Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e, is an illustrator, a mother, a sister, a budding gardener, and a widow, and her perspective on how she's doing with each role doesn't always match up with what readers can see around her. But that trait makes her a more interesting and realistic protagonist, and along with the book's \u003cb\u003ehumour and eccentric supporting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecast \u003c\/b\u003emade it\u003cb\u003e a great read\u003c\/b\u003e * BookRiot *\u003cbr\u003eAbbi Waxman artfully tackles grief with humour in her debut novel * Signature Reads *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's impossible not to fall in love with Lilian\u003c\/b\u003e, a young widow who is still trying to come to terms with the death of her husband four years later. . . . If you are thinking to yourself 'forget it, I'm not reading a gardening book'- don't worry . . . THIS IS NOT A GARDENING BOOK! 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