num_pages: 153
description: In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.
language: English
title: The Cement Garden
titlecomplete: The Cement Garden
characters: Derek, Sue, Julie Barenson, Jack Tenpenny
genres: Classics, Horror, Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Adult, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Novels, British Literature
ratings_count: 30867
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Simon and Schuster