The Azalea Garden

Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women
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Author: Frances Nugent ISBN: 9781301316809
Publisher: Frances Nugent Publication: October 20, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Frances Nugent
ISBN: 9781301316809
Publisher: Frances Nugent
Publication: October 20, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Naomi Griffin and Joss Parker, both thirteen, meet quite by chance during the spring half-term of 1956, when they arrive at the Rosebank Hotel within five minutes of each other − Naomi’s family from London in a brand-new Sunbeam Rapier, Joss and her parents by bus from the station in Windermere. And the memory of their discovery during that holiday in the Lake District stays with them through all the ups and downs of later years.

When Naomi’s father walks out on his family, it catapults his daughter into poverty and a disastrous marriage, leaving her longing for a stable family life, all her natural exuberance suppressed. Joss wonders how she’s managed to keep a cap on her boiler for all this time. Joss marries her first love, but disappointments and eventually illness leave her with a sense of uselessness. Is it too late now to accomplish something extraordinary?

This is the story of two women’s friendship which stretches over fifty years. Eventually, in their sixties, they come together again at the place where it all began – the azalea garden.

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Naomi Griffin and Joss Parker, both thirteen, meet quite by chance during the spring half-term of 1956, when they arrive at the Rosebank Hotel within five minutes of each other − Naomi’s family from London in a brand-new Sunbeam Rapier, Joss and her parents by bus from the station in Windermere. And the memory of their discovery during that holiday in the Lake District stays with them through all the ups and downs of later years.

When Naomi’s father walks out on his family, it catapults his daughter into poverty and a disastrous marriage, leaving her longing for a stable family life, all her natural exuberance suppressed. Joss wonders how she’s managed to keep a cap on her boiler for all this time. Joss marries her first love, but disappointments and eventually illness leave her with a sense of uselessness. Is it too late now to accomplish something extraordinary?

This is the story of two women’s friendship which stretches over fifty years. Eventually, in their sixties, they come together again at the place where it all began – the azalea garden.

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