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2000s: A move to the countryside brings secrets to the fore for one family
The Water Garden
What you need to know before your trail
Sarah has given up her career and moved to the countryside to bring up her two young children, while her husband works long hours in London. Alone, she explores the fields and the woods near her home and discovers a lake, a memorial bench for a boy who drowned in mysterious circumstances, and Finn, a beautiful troubled teenager who plays truant from school.
As Sarah pieces the mystery together, an uncomfortable attraction between her and Finn builds. She knows that this blossoming relationship is wrong but the chemistry between them is difficult to resist. Their relationship reaches a climax over one hot summer, threatening to destroy everything that she holds dear. Woven into Sarah’s story are the voices of two other women connected to her family – Maggie, the RAF nurse and Flavia, the Italian girl. As their stories unfold, a secret is revealed, binding Sarah and Finn in a way that they would never guess.
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The Water Garden of the English Countryside.
Oh those evocative descriptions of the English countryside:
Light-dappled woods shade her from the sun. Tiny birds call to each to her and dart from branch to branch. The path is a carpet of dry leaves, turning slowly to dust.
“The sky is blue, there is no cloud and she stretches her arms over her head. The sun warms her face.”
“There are horses in the next field and she thinks of Charlie who waves to them as if they are friends.”
“Yellow flowers have sprung up in the foliage and she studies them carefully, noting the size and shape of their petals; later, she will look them up. Catkins decorate some of the trees, which she thinks are silver birch. After so many years in the city she has forgotten these things.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Water Garden
Destination/location: London, England Author/guide: Louise Soraya Black Departure Time: 2000s
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