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Fictional gotta-read with garden restoration

19 years ago

Just got done reading a really involving, gossipy novel that towards the end happens to have one of its main characters restoring a garden in Georgia. The writer is a Yankee herself, but married a Southerner. Not a Southerner myself, I'll leave it to others to check it for authenticity. Anyway, it's a fantastic read.

*The Three Miss Margarets*, by Louise Shaffer

ISBN 0-375-76088-1

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josephine_sc
19 years ago
Martha Grimes' latest mystery, "The Winds of Change," features a Cornish garden restoration with a body, a comically bogus "turf expert," and an abduction from the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

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