The insistent garden
Subtitle: a novel
By: Rosie Chard
Publisher: NeWest Press; NeWest Publishers, Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781927063385
Subjects: Mystery; Fiction
Description: Edith Stoker's father is building a wall in their backyard. A very, very high wall -- a brick bulwark in his obsessive war against their hated neighbour Edward Black. It is 1969, and far away, preparations are being made for man to walk upon the moon. Meanwhile, in the Stokers' shabby home in the East Midlands, Edith remains a virtual prisoner, with occasional visits from her grotesque and demanding Aunt Vivian serving as the only break in the routine. But when shy, sheltered Edith begins to quietly cultivate a garden in the shadow of her father's wall, she sets in motion events that might gain her independence--and bring her face to face with the mysterious Edward Black. Rosie Chard's follow-up to her award-winning debut Seal Intestine Raincoat unfolds like a grown-up take on The Secret Garden, an engrossing, often mordantly funny portrait of a young woman who miraculously finds her own pathway to freedom within the most stifling of environs.
Notes: Issued also in an electronic format.