The Gardener Author:Sarah Stewart Its the 1930s, and when Lydia Graces family cant make ends meet, shes packed on a train with her pockets and bags full of seeds and sent to live with her gloomy Uncle Jima baker in the city. Lydia doesnt know much about baking bread, but she eagerly makes up for it with her green thumb. Shes in pursuit of one thing: make Uncle Jim smile.