Consider the Lily
Consider the Lily by Elizabeth Buchan is a reprint edition published by Penguin in 2005, featuring 469 pages in English. Set in the summer of 1929, the novel unfolds at the Hinton Dysart estate, where the heir, Kit Dysart, grapples with his family’s financial decline. At his sister’s wedding, he encounters Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin Matty Verrall. Torn between his love for Daisy and the pressures of his family’s situation, Kit marries Matty, leading to a complex emotional landscape where both characters struggle with their choices.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of love and gardening, as Matty seeks solace in re-creating the estate’s garden amidst her troubled marriage. The story explores the dynamics of relationships and personal growth against the backdrop of historical events between the two world wars. This poignant tale captures the essence of longing and transformation, inviting readers to reflect on the connections between love and the natural world.
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Elizabeth Buchan garnered both praise and a loyal readership with the bestselling Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman and The Good Wife Strikes Back. Now her many new fans can discover one of her beloved early novels.
It is the summer of 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister’s wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family’s decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other. When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate’s garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamed. A glorious fusion of love and gardening, Consider the Lily is a classic and poignant novel of love, loss, and, ultimately, a new flowering between the two world wars.
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