The Walled Garden

Unearth the most moving and captivating novel of the year

Sarah Hardy, Sarah Hardy

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Manilla Press
16 May 2023

Fiction & Literature; Second World War fiction; Historical fiction

A luminous debut novel about love, the trauma of war and the miracle of human resilience, for readers of Anna Hope, Sadie Jones and Elizabeth Jane Howard.

No one survives war unscathed. But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow.

It is 1946 and in the village of Oakbourne the men are home from the war. Their bodies are healing but their psychological wounds run deep. Everyone is scarred - those who fought and those left behind.

Alice Rayne is married to Stephen, heir to crumbling Oakbourne Hall. Once a sweet, gentle man, he has returned a bitter and angry stranger, destroyed by what he has seen and done, tormented by secrets Alice can only guess at.

Lonely and increasingly afraid of the man her husband has become, Alice must try to pick up the pieces of her marriage and save Oakbourne Hall from total collapse. She begins with the walled garden and, as it starts to bear fruit, she finds herself drawn into a new, forbidden love.

Set in the Suffolk countryside as it moves from winter to spring, The Walled Garden is a captivating love story and a timeless, moving exploration of trauma and the miracle of human resilience.

'Richly evocative and transporting' - Stacey Halls

'Tender and lyrical . . . This beautiful book had notes of both Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Jane Howard. More please!' - Natasha Solomons

'Written with great delicacy and feeling' - Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome

'Hardy's supremely observed novel blossoms like a rose-sharp and pointed, and stunningly beautiful' -Inga Vesper, author of The Long, Long Afternoon

By: Sarah Hardy, Sarah Hardy
Imprint: Manilla Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 629g
ISBN: 9781838779252
ISBN 10: 1838779256
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Hardy has lived for the last 10 years in rural Suffolk, which is where her novel is set. Before that she lived in London and worked on national magazines and newspapers.

Reviews for The Walled Garden: Unearth the most moving and captivating novel of the year

Richly evocative and transporting. * Stacey Halls * Written with great delicacy and feeling. * Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome * Sarah Hardy's supremely observed novel blossoms like a rose-sharp and pointed, and stunningly beautiful. * Inga Vesper, author of The Long, Long Afternoon *