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The Gardens of Covington
Author: Joan A. Medlicott

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Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312980122 - ISBN-10: 0312980124
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 368


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover

Book Description:
Hannah, cool-headed and calm, battles to save their beloved hills from the rapacious development that has already ruined Loring Valley, only five minutes form Cove Road. Amelia, giddy with a newfound love, abandons the ladies and her photography to please her dashing new beau. And Grace is driven to prove she has an eye for business when she and her steady companion, Bob Richardson, open the Cottage Tearoom. New friends and neighbors are introduced. Eccentric Lurina Masterson, an eighty-one-year-old bride, brings tears of joy to all when, wearing her childhood dream of white satin, she married "Old Man," who is ninety-one. And George Maxwell, the ladies' closest neighbor, provides an inspired solution to preserving Covington's lush hills and valleys.

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Millie J. (Millie) wrote on 1/19/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Second book in series -- and I've requested the next two. Author does a great job of updating from the previous book but not retelling the whole thing -- as some authors do.

Interesting stories of three ladies who thought they were at the end of the road and have made a new home and life together -- encompassing their adult children, new friends and new loves.


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Debbie C. (DebbieC) wrote on 10/24/2008...


Initially found this hard to get into... not as fast as the others but once I got past that slow start it was hard to put down. Another great story about the 3 ladies and their lovely new friends and neighbors as well as some info about their families

Betsy W. (BJ) wrote on 6/23/2007...


A nice read about Hannah, Amelia and Grace, 3 ladies who have relocated to Covington, NC from Pennsylvania to spend their retirement years. A sequel to "The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love", the story picks up again with the ladies and their adventures - weddings, ice storms, TV reporters and tearooms all play a part.

Lorelie L. (artgal36) wrote on 2/22/2007...


The ladies are at it again in this sequel to Medlicott's successful debut, The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love. Amelia, Grace and Hannah are now happily ensconced in their beautiful old farmhouse in the foothills of North Carolina, but when developers threaten to turn their Eden into a condo haven, Hannah at least is up in arms. Grace and her lover, Bob, are busy preparing to open a tearoom and Amelia's photography talent continues to bloom. She falls for a man she meets in a fender-bender, but the new romance isn't all sweetness and light; she hides her suspicions about the gent, whom both her roommates dislike. Grace loves the tearoom and her relationship with Bob, but worries about what to tell him regarding his request to build a cabin on the women's property, even as she tries to keep the nuptials of Bob's widowed son, Russell, on track. Hannah encounters resistance as well as support in her crusade against the developers; she is reminded that she is a newcomer and a Yankee, and that some interpret her assistance as interloping. The women befriend their charming but frail neighbor, Ms. Maxwell, only shortly before her death but she is to play an important role in the drama. The theme of friendship among older women is appealing, Medlicott still knows how to charm her target audience.

Patricia W. (she-reads) wrote on 1/29/2007...


Good read

Linda K. (readingyoga-fan) wrote on 1/27/2007...


The Gardens of Covington joyously celebrates women and friendship, families and love, laughing through the tears, thinking with the head and the heart. The ladies, so real and inspiring, will make you wish you lived in their small town and that they were your neighbors.

katzpawz wrote on 1/22/2007...


This is the second in the series. These women - of a "certain age" - are growing and learning to cope with so much more than just growing older. What a joy to read!

Pam S. (pamlovestoread) wrote on 1/4/2007...


A heart-warming tale. Very enjoyable read - especially if you read the first book in the series. This is the 2nd book.

Muriel C. wrote on 12/21/2006...


The Gardens of Covington joyously celebrates women and friendship, families and love, laughing through the tears, thinking with the head and the heart. The ladies, so real and inspiring, will make you wish you lived in their small town and that they were your neighbors.

I agree thoroughly with the above. Just pure enjoyment reading it.

Kerri R. wrote on 11/30/2006...


Second in the Ladies of Covington Series. Like it. I believe there are three. Have only read the first two.

Carol H. wrote on 7/27/2005...


2nd in the Covington series


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