First published 2010
When a wounded Civil War soldier is saved by his passionate neighbor, a new chapter begins in the wintry town of Blackwell. As the years pass, a woman meets a fiercely human historical figure, a poet falls for a blind man, and a mysterious traveler arrives during a summer that never comes. At the heart of it all is a garden where only red plants can grow, a place that holds the truth for those brave enough to uncover it.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Massachusetts
Period: 19th-century, 20th-century
270 pages · Hardcover · Crown Publishers