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Book Review of The Heirloom Garden

The Heirloom Garden
The Heirloom Garden
Author: Viola Shipman
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This was my first book by Viola Shipman (Wade Rouse), and definitely not the last. The author has an amazing way with words and images, so much that you could smell and sense each flower talked about in this book. An elderly war widow from World War Two has locked herself away behind a giant fence in her yard, but surrounds herself with the most beautiful heirloom garden with flowers she has been propagating for over fifty years. A family moves in to her rental house next door, fighting their own battles, and they manage to work their way into each other's lives.