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    In the Light of the Garden: A Novel
    In the Light of the Garden: A Novel
    In the Light of the Garden: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    In the Light of the Garden: A Novel

    Written by Heather Burch

    Narrated by Amy Landon

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    About this audiobook

    In the Light of the Garden is a novel about unearthed family secrets, the enchantment of past loves, and the indelible power of forgiveness.

    Inheriting her grandparents’ island estate on Florida’s Gulf coast is a special kind of homecoming for thirty-one-year-old Charity Baxter. Raised by a narcissistic single mother, Charity’s only sense of a loving home comes from childhood summers spent with Gramps and Grandma. But piercing her fondest memories is her sharpest grief—the death of her beloved grandmother, when Charity stopped believing in the magical healing power of the weeping willow that still casts a shadow on their property.

    Now that Charity has returned, she’s full of longing and regret, until she befriends her neighbor Dalton Reynolds, who has come to Gaslamp Island carrying his own heartache. As other exiles arrive—a great uncle harboring secrets, a teenage runaway—Charity begins to reconsider what makes a family. When her own estranged mother shows up in crisis, Charity is challenged to search her heart for forgiveness. But forgiving herself may require a little magic from the last place she’d expect to find it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 10, 2017
    ISBN9781531866266
    In the Light of the Garden: A Novel
    Author

    Heather Burch

    Heather Burch, the author of the popular Halflings series, spent the last seven years in Southern Florida but recently returned to her hometown in the Ozark Mountains. Her books have garnered praise from USA Today, Romantic Times, and Booklist magazine. When not working on her latest novel, she can be found hiking in the hills or planning a trip to the beach with her husband, John, who is her hero in every way.

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    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. I liked the storyline a lot and the narrator was really good. However, the whole weeping tree magic was too weird for my taste, if I’m being honest.

      I loved the characters and their healing, but the tree thing just didn’t work for me.
    • 1/5
      The book us trying to do too many things. Not really moved to care about what's going on. Dropped out at 40% due to extreme boredom and the sudden introduction of a new character. Two thumbs down
    • 5/5
      Families come in all shapes and sizes, as well as complexities. Sometimes the best ones are composed of people thrown together by circumstances, but then discover their love for each other as a result of adversity. This is a story about such a family and it has heart, a mean person whose cruelty ends up biting them back, secrets, surprises and a happy ending. What more could you want in a book?
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book!
    • 4/5
      4.5 starsIn the Light of the Garden is a gem. Heather Burch has written a beautifully crafted tale of forgiveness and redemption that will stay with me for a long while. As the book opens, 31-year-old Charity Baxter has inherited her grandparents’ home on Gaslamp Island in Florida. As a child, her grandparents provided refuge for Charity from her life with her narcissistic single mom; as she grew older and after her grandmother died, she spent less time on Gaslamp Island. Returning to the island, Charity attempts to straighten out her own life while realizing that she needs to find strength in herself. Meanwhile, as an adult on the island, she realizes that certain family had not been fully shared with her as a child, and she must come to terms with her family history.The characters in this story are fantastic. I would love to live on Gaslamp Island with this crew. Heather Burch created an authentic, believable cast of characters which made for a very entertaining and credible read. I liked the way the story played out as Charity finally matured and chose to live her life as she wanted to versus as her mom and others wanted her to.Thanks to Lake Union for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.