The Victory Garden
The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen is a historical fiction novel published by Amazon Publishing in 2019. This first edition thus spans 353 pages and is presented in English. The story follows twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce as she navigates the challenges of contributing to the war effort during the First World War, driven by her love for an Australian pilot who proposes to her before being sent back to the front.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of love, sacrifice, and resilience. As Emily volunteers as a “land girl” on a Devonshire estate, she uncovers the journals of a medicine woman, which inspire her journey into herbal healing. The discovery of these journals becomes pivotal as Emily faces the aftermath of her lover’s death and the complexities of her situation as a war widow. The novel explores the impact of war on personal lives and the healing power of nature amidst turmoil.
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A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller.
From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War.
As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage.
When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden. The journals inspire Emily, and in the wake of devastating news, they are her saving grace. Emily’s lover has not only died a hero but has left her terrified–and with child. Since no one knows that Emily was never married, she adopts the charade of a war widow.
As Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs, the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may open a path to her destiny.
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