The Apothecary's Garden
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Julie Bozza
Hilary Kent, a Londoner all his working life, retires to Wiltshire after an estranged cousin unexpectedly leaves him an inhabitable tower surrounded by an overgrown physic garden – and that’s when graduate student Tom Laurence suddenly erupts into his life, convincing him that together they can...
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Hilary Kent, a Londoner all his working life, retires to Wiltshire after an estranged cousin unexpectedly leaves him an inhabitable tower surrounded by an overgrown physic garden – and that’s when graduate student Tom Laurence suddenly erupts into his life, convincing him that together they can restore the ancient garden to its former glory. Tom’s cheerful friendship is the best thing that’s ever happened to Hilary and he’s perfectly content with that until, to his astonishment and confusion, it seems that Tom’s affection for him is beginning to grow into something more … something he feels he probably shouldn’t allow …
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00DP7UCG2
Publish date: 2013-06-27
Publisher: Manifold Press
Pages no: 204
Edition language: English
I bought the paperback of this book and took it with me to all my appointments and read it while I was waiting, which took a bit, but honestly, this book deserves the slow approach. It deserves to be savored and enjoyed, like a good cup of tea. Not rushed through.Like Butterfly Hunter this is a slow...
What can I say? This book is still with me, the writing just went right into my soul, slow and steady, just burrowed in to stay. I can perhaps say as Hilary himself was thinking: "He was breaking the habits of a lifetime. It was enough to make a man giddy with delight." Yes, giddy with delight. ...
I like the writing of if. It was impeccable as always but I could not get into this may-decembre relationship. Hilary is exactly the same age as my dad and it was hard to get by that fact. I guess I never did. As a historian I loved the restoration work on the garden but that was about the only thin...
This book is just so beautiful *dreamy sigh* ... Julie Bozza's prose flows easily, smoothly, dreamy, and oh, so romantic. I think other reviews have presented more complete and thorough opinions about this. So I'm just trying to keep it short and focuses on my feeling. At first, I think I am lucky t...
Don’t overthink it.Suspend some of what society tells you to believe and leave it at the door.Let time and place fall by the wayside and read untethered.…and be swept away by such pure and gentle and kind and enchanting love…just love…of 2…who cares their gender, their backgrounds, their age…Oh this...
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