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The Garden of Forgotten Wishes
The delightful Sunday Times bestselling novel from Trisha Ashley'One of the best writers around!' Katie Fforde'Full of down-to-earth humour.' Sophie Kinsella___All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural west Lancashire village her mother always told her about.With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The garden is beautiful - filled with roses, lavender and honeysuckle - and only a little rough around the edges. Which is more than can be said for her next-door neighbour, Ned Mars.Marnie remembers Ned from her college days but he's far from the untroubled man she once knew. A recent relationship has left him with a heart as bruised as her own.Can a summer spent gardening help them recapture the forgotten dreams they've let get away?___Readers are falling in love with The Garden of Forgotten Wishes***** 'Gorgeous . . . a lovely rom-come to cheer your heart and ease your soul.'***** 'Once again another outstanding book full of intrigue, hope and a new beginning.'***** 'A perfect read to escape with.'___Trisha's forthcoming novel, The Wedding Dress Repair Shop, is available to pre-order now
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First published July 23, 2020
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Trisha Ashley
50 books1,093 followersTrisha Ashley is now a full-time novelist, but she has been known to work for stained glass makers and/or plumbers. She likes to paint, eat, drink, and read literary biographies. Her previous hobbies included getting divorced and packing to move. She claims to have once actually eaten Bronte burgers at the Branwell café, but her publisher declines to verify this. She lives in North Wales.
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July 8, 2020
I only recently discovered the joys of the bestselling Trisha Ashley's warm hearted novels when I read The Christmas Invitation and some of the characters from that make background appearances here. 36 year old Marnie Ellwood, lost her beloved mother, Martha, in 1993, who told her magical stories of growing up in Jericho's End but told Marnie she must never go there. She was adopted by the wonderful Ellwood family, gaining a sister and best friend in Treena, a vet. Marnie made an ill fated marriage to Mike Draycot, a man who turned out to be a manipulative emotional abuser, coercive, controlling, isolating her and maliciously wrecked her professional career as a horticultural gardener. She managed to escape to France, divorcing him, working in various crumbling Chateau gardens and buildings. Hearing Mike has remarried, she deems it safe to return, securing a gardening position in Jericho's End that pays a pittance but comes with a home.
This turns out to be the best move she could have made, she adores the turquoise haired Elf, who makes mouthwatering ice creams for her cafe and her artist sister, Myfanwy, sorting out their garden, but spending the bulk of her time into the back breaking work of helping to restore the gardens of Old Grace Hall, owned by ex-TV garden designer, Ned Mars. Marnie had been at the same horticultural college as Ned, who like her, is recovering from a personal nightmare relationship that resulted in tabloid scandal, all untrue, that has made it harder for him to trust. Marnie finds herself in seventh heaven, putting her heart and soul into bringing the rose garden back to life and more, becoming embedded in the local community with ease. One of the first people she meets is the unprepossessing, workshy, shifty, light-fingered Wayne Vane, her first meeting with a family member, although he is unaware of this.
Ashley immerses the reader in the rich descriptions and intricate details of restoring the Old Grace Gardens to open them to the public. Jericho's End is a beauty spot and rural idyll, a magical location with its Fairy Falls, a location that will snake its way into your heart, with its folklore, tales of treasure and local traditions. The drama comes from Marnie and Ned delving into their family history and the surprising connections between them, with Marnie too afraid to open up about being related to the unpopular Vane family, and a Mike that refuses to stay in her past. The romantic elements are very much background material, Marnie's increasing involvement in the strong and active community life ensures that she feels like she belongs, that this is the home she has hungered for, with the bonus of a Ned who shares her passion for gardening. A fabulously beautiful and entertaining read that I recommend highly to readers looking for a well written, feel good novel. Many thanks to Random House Transworld for an ARC.
This turns out to be the best move she could have made, she adores the turquoise haired Elf, who makes mouthwatering ice creams for her cafe and her artist sister, Myfanwy, sorting out their garden, but spending the bulk of her time into the back breaking work of helping to restore the gardens of Old Grace Hall, owned by ex-TV garden designer, Ned Mars. Marnie had been at the same horticultural college as Ned, who like her, is recovering from a personal nightmare relationship that resulted in tabloid scandal, all untrue, that has made it harder for him to trust. Marnie finds herself in seventh heaven, putting her heart and soul into bringing the rose garden back to life and more, becoming embedded in the local community with ease. One of the first people she meets is the unprepossessing, workshy, shifty, light-fingered Wayne Vane, her first meeting with a family member, although he is unaware of this.
Ashley immerses the reader in the rich descriptions and intricate details of restoring the Old Grace Gardens to open them to the public. Jericho's End is a beauty spot and rural idyll, a magical location with its Fairy Falls, a location that will snake its way into your heart, with its folklore, tales of treasure and local traditions. The drama comes from Marnie and Ned delving into their family history and the surprising connections between them, with Marnie too afraid to open up about being related to the unpopular Vane family, and a Mike that refuses to stay in her past. The romantic elements are very much background material, Marnie's increasing involvement in the strong and active community life ensures that she feels like she belongs, that this is the home she has hungered for, with the bonus of a Ned who shares her passion for gardening. A fabulously beautiful and entertaining read that I recommend highly to readers looking for a well written, feel good novel. Many thanks to Random House Transworld for an ARC.
August 3, 2020
Be warned! This is a novel on workaholics and if you are not one, prepare to face the onslaught of guilt to follow. I know it is fortunate to have your hobby as your job, but the way Marnie involves herself in gardening will make anyone jealous. And the journalistic sort of writing style with the picturesque setting creates the perfect ambience. I am new to Trisha Ashley's books and she has totally hooked me.
Marnie barely managed to escape from an emotionally abusive marriage and spent some years hiding with her adoptive family in France. Hearing the news of her ex-husband's remarriage, she is now back in England accepting a gardening job in Jericho's End. Apart from the supposed presence of fairies in the area, the place also holds an emotional appeal as it is her mother's native village. Vane family is hated in the neighbourhood and her mother's warnings of not to go there propel her not to reveal this old connection. But will the secret cost her the trust of handsome Ned Mars?
The love story is just the tip of the iceberg. Trisha Ashley's detailed narrative covers every nook and corner of Jericho's End and its companionable community which has a healing effect on both Marnie and Ned. The efforts in opening the Grace garden and the excitement surrounding it are quite immersive and easy to relate. The four hundred page book doesn't give you much of a story, but we will be transported to Jericho's End along with Marnie, living and breathing the country air.
Marnie barely managed to escape from an emotionally abusive marriage and spent some years hiding with her adoptive family in France. Hearing the news of her ex-husband's remarriage, she is now back in England accepting a gardening job in Jericho's End. Apart from the supposed presence of fairies in the area, the place also holds an emotional appeal as it is her mother's native village. Vane family is hated in the neighbourhood and her mother's warnings of not to go there propel her not to reveal this old connection. But will the secret cost her the trust of handsome Ned Mars?
The love story is just the tip of the iceberg. Trisha Ashley's detailed narrative covers every nook and corner of Jericho's End and its companionable community which has a healing effect on both Marnie and Ned. The efforts in opening the Grace garden and the excitement surrounding it are quite immersive and easy to relate. The four hundred page book doesn't give you much of a story, but we will be transported to Jericho's End along with Marnie, living and breathing the country air.
July 12, 2021
Good lord this is bad. Really bad. I can’t believe it’s a Sunday Times Bestseller!
I purchased this in Asda while on holiday, having forgotten to bring the novel I was currently reading. It was £4 which, to be honest, was an utter waste of money. (Though my husband decided to read it once I’d finished, just to see what I was complaining about. He used to work in West Lancashire and while reading this he was making numerous derogatory comments about the writing and the errors and so on.)
Anyway. A review. Where do I start?
Well it’s supposed to be set in west Lancashire - with its rolling farmlands, upland moors and little market towns Really? Rolling uplands? Where? According to Google, the district is essentially a low-lying coastal plain, much of it reclaimed marshland which made later comments about ravines and waterfalls pretty silly.
Marnie is moving to Jericho’s End - a small village in West Lancashire. She’s applied for a job there , yet she hasn’t even researched the place on Google! Give me a break. REALLY???
There’s lots of info-dump conversations which read like the sort of stuff in 1930’s films - all stiff and proper as in “I’ve got my BSc Honours in horticulture, so that and a few references from people over here should do it.”
And how about this: (again between best friends) “Why not sign up for my mobile phone provider? It’s a rolling thing: you pay every month and you can cancel any time......” Do friends talk like that?
By this time (page 29 of 429) I was wondering whether to pack it all in and put this in the charity pile, but I decided to persevere a little long. This is a Sunday Times Bestseller!! It has to have some merit!
Anyway, Marnie heads off to Jericho’s End which she has NEVVA seen before, in West Lancashire (low-lying coastal plain) only to find driving along a single-track lane which wound its way up a steep blind-ended valley.
“If it hadn’t been for the signs I’d have thought the road was a farm track, but it immediately opened up into a passing place which evidently also did service for a bus stop.”
WHAT???
Then she finds the village and sees a large house some way up the hill. By this time I was totally confused. The ‘visual’ aspects of the writing made NO SENSE whatsoever. A road which looks like a farm track but has a bus route? A steep hill in a low-lying coastal plain?
And then this;“Myfanwy – we always call her Myfy” - she pronounced it My-fee not Miffy like the rabbit.
That makes no sense at all. WHY the hell did Marnie think Myfy should be pronounced Miffy when she JUST BLOODY HEARD SOMEONE SAY Myfee??? It would have worked had it been written down, but ffs, she HEARD it spoken!
I skimmed through the rest of the book. The writing was dreary, dull and rambling. Pages and pages of pruning roses.
There was NO tension, no emotion, no depth. No character development, no excitement, nothing to engage the reader. Any visual element was totally lacking and the one thing that might have brought a spark of drama to the story ended up being as flat and soggy as the West Lancashire landscape.
It’s rare that I find a book I refuse to off-load to charity. This is one of them.
I purchased this in Asda while on holiday, having forgotten to bring the novel I was currently reading. It was £4 which, to be honest, was an utter waste of money. (Though my husband decided to read it once I’d finished, just to see what I was complaining about. He used to work in West Lancashire and while reading this he was making numerous derogatory comments about the writing and the errors and so on.)
Anyway. A review. Where do I start?
Well it’s supposed to be set in west Lancashire - with its rolling farmlands, upland moors and little market towns Really? Rolling uplands? Where? According to Google, the district is essentially a low-lying coastal plain, much of it reclaimed marshland which made later comments about ravines and waterfalls pretty silly.
Marnie is moving to Jericho’s End - a small village in West Lancashire. She’s applied for a job there , yet she hasn’t even researched the place on Google! Give me a break. REALLY???
There’s lots of info-dump conversations which read like the sort of stuff in 1930’s films - all stiff and proper as in “I’ve got my BSc Honours in horticulture, so that and a few references from people over here should do it.”
And how about this: (again between best friends) “Why not sign up for my mobile phone provider? It’s a rolling thing: you pay every month and you can cancel any time......” Do friends talk like that?
By this time (page 29 of 429) I was wondering whether to pack it all in and put this in the charity pile, but I decided to persevere a little long. This is a Sunday Times Bestseller!! It has to have some merit!
Anyway, Marnie heads off to Jericho’s End which she has NEVVA seen before, in West Lancashire (low-lying coastal plain) only to find driving along a single-track lane which wound its way up a steep blind-ended valley.
“If it hadn’t been for the signs I’d have thought the road was a farm track, but it immediately opened up into a passing place which evidently also did service for a bus stop.”
WHAT???
Then she finds the village and sees a large house some way up the hill. By this time I was totally confused. The ‘visual’ aspects of the writing made NO SENSE whatsoever. A road which looks like a farm track but has a bus route? A steep hill in a low-lying coastal plain?
And then this;“Myfanwy – we always call her Myfy” - she pronounced it My-fee not Miffy like the rabbit.
That makes no sense at all. WHY the hell did Marnie think Myfy should be pronounced Miffy when she JUST BLOODY HEARD SOMEONE SAY Myfee??? It would have worked had it been written down, but ffs, she HEARD it spoken!
I skimmed through the rest of the book. The writing was dreary, dull and rambling. Pages and pages of pruning roses.
There was NO tension, no emotion, no depth. No character development, no excitement, nothing to engage the reader. Any visual element was totally lacking and the one thing that might have brought a spark of drama to the story ended up being as flat and soggy as the West Lancashire landscape.
It’s rare that I find a book I refuse to off-load to charity. This is one of them.
December 10, 2020
Ridiculously high on gardening details and mundane activities. Low on actual story telling. I zoned out a lot because most of the book was so boring and didn't advance the story. This was my first Trisha Ashley novel and I'm not sure I could endure another one.
September 7, 2020
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes was a delightful read. I can always rely on Trisha Ashley to deliver such heart-warming stories.
Trisha's characters spring to life and by the end of the book, they feel like life long friends - like I know their moods, their weaknesses, their dreams...
Marnie Ellwood was young when she lost her Mum - just 12 years old.
Marnie remembers something that her Mum tells her but doesn't think much of it. Until years later.
How will she fare when a job, perfect for her and her needs, becomes available to her in Jericho's End? - A place that her Mum had warned her to never visit.
Marnie - divorced and insecure, with the support of her best friend, Treena, moves from France back to the UK.
Quirky Elf and Myfy are just a couple of the wonderful people of Jericho's End, who give Marnie a warm welcome, but will others be as welcoming?
I loved this story: mysterious, heartbreaking and yet full of humour and cosy warmth, with hope for new chances and a brighter future.
My taste buds were tingling as I read and I could clearly picture the beautiful gardens. I love gardening, so I also enjoyed this part of the book.
I think that this story is well researched and thought out and I liked the surprises that cropped up.
I highly recommend this book - it is the perfect escape!
My thanks to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers via NetGalley.
This is my honest and unbiased review.
Trisha's characters spring to life and by the end of the book, they feel like life long friends - like I know their moods, their weaknesses, their dreams...
Marnie Ellwood was young when she lost her Mum - just 12 years old.
Marnie remembers something that her Mum tells her but doesn't think much of it. Until years later.
How will she fare when a job, perfect for her and her needs, becomes available to her in Jericho's End? - A place that her Mum had warned her to never visit.
Marnie - divorced and insecure, with the support of her best friend, Treena, moves from France back to the UK.
Quirky Elf and Myfy are just a couple of the wonderful people of Jericho's End, who give Marnie a warm welcome, but will others be as welcoming?
I loved this story: mysterious, heartbreaking and yet full of humour and cosy warmth, with hope for new chances and a brighter future.
My taste buds were tingling as I read and I could clearly picture the beautiful gardens. I love gardening, so I also enjoyed this part of the book.
I think that this story is well researched and thought out and I liked the surprises that cropped up.
I highly recommend this book - it is the perfect escape!
My thanks to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers via NetGalley.
This is my honest and unbiased review.
June 16, 2021
The usual cosy chick lit from Trisha Ashley, not my favourite I must confess but with names like Tottie Gillyflower and Clara Mayhem Doome in the story, whats not to like!
December 29, 2020
I honestly didn’t expect to love this book, but I really do! I found it through a Goodreads recommendation and, full disclosure, I was 90% interested in the cover 10% interested in the plot. Marnie and Ned are sweet, endearing characters and the author does a fabulous job describing The Grace Garden. I truly felt like I was there. This book really has a bit of everything including romance, historical mystery, and a lot of colorful background characters. Just a warning though, if this book was a movie it would be rated PG. If your looking for a “steamy” modern romance this book isn’t for you. It’s a light fluffy romcom which I love. My only critique is the ending seemed a bit rushed and too comical in the way everyone came together at one time. But I can’t wait to read another Trisha Ashley book!
July 27, 2020
A nice read, though I didn’t enjoy this as much as many. I suspect this will appeal more to those who like to garden as this is a central theme running through the book - the gardening bits rather bored me I’m afraid.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my review.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my review.
July 27, 2023
3.5 stars
September 29, 2020
What a gorgeous book! A wonderful, feel-good read packed full with lovely snippets about gardens.
Marnie managed to get herself away from a controlling husband and has been a bit of a nomad ever since, travelling to France where she works in various gardening projects. With the news that he has remarried, she finally feels safe to return home to the UK and manages to find a position in what was her mother's home village. With her adopted sister living nearby, and the man next door being an old college friend, life is finally looking up for Marnie - or at least she hopes so.
I loved absolutely loved everything about this one! Whilst Marnie's story isn't all sweetness and light, her positivity shines through each and every page. The gardens are beautifully detailed, and easy to imagine from the fabulously descriptive writing. With well developed characters and a problem or two thrown in, this makes for an excellent read, and one I would most definitely recommend to everyone who likes to close a novel with the feeling of happiness and satisfaction. I must mention the terrific cover which is beautifully illustrated and just perfect for the contents! A full five sparkling stars, fully deserving each and every one.
Marnie managed to get herself away from a controlling husband and has been a bit of a nomad ever since, travelling to France where she works in various gardening projects. With the news that he has remarried, she finally feels safe to return home to the UK and manages to find a position in what was her mother's home village. With her adopted sister living nearby, and the man next door being an old college friend, life is finally looking up for Marnie - or at least she hopes so.
I loved absolutely loved everything about this one! Whilst Marnie's story isn't all sweetness and light, her positivity shines through each and every page. The gardens are beautifully detailed, and easy to imagine from the fabulously descriptive writing. With well developed characters and a problem or two thrown in, this makes for an excellent read, and one I would most definitely recommend to everyone who likes to close a novel with the feeling of happiness and satisfaction. I must mention the terrific cover which is beautifully illustrated and just perfect for the contents! A full five sparkling stars, fully deserving each and every one.
April 18, 2021
Great bit of escapism. You know there will be a happy ending and what it is, but fun getting there. There is a lot of gardening in the book and several chapters where nothing happens, but a great book when you don’t want to think too hard. It also links to several other books by the same author, so you get a little update on previous characters.
June 6, 2020
A cosy relaxing read which focuses on the heroine moving to a small community after her divorce and the relationships which tie it all together. It’s well written of course but I just found it a bit lacking. Cosy, nice - a good read.
April 26, 2021
I can recommend this book if you are really into gardening and below average romcoms. I originally gave it 3 stars but then your usual "let's get married after 2 weeks of dating" happened and that's my most hated trope, hence 2 stars.
May 17, 2021
A lot about very little. I seemed to have a lot of coffees, sandwiches and lardy cake with Gertie. Lots of lavender pruning too.
Overall, a very easy read. Nothing taxing.
Overall, a very easy read. Nothing taxing.
March 1, 2025
Having enjoyed previous books by this author, I found this one very disappointing - the storyline was weak and slow, and the big secret was blown out of proportion, meaning the ending was a bit of a damp squib.
February 14, 2023
Sadly the author seemed more concerned with her - at times intrusive - messages about recycling and compostables, than the rather good love story. So I can only award three stars, and I will not read it again.
July 23, 2020
When Marine was a little girl her mum use to tell her stories of Jericho’s End, where she had grown-up as a child. The stories seemed quite magical to Marnie but her mother warned her never to go there. Marnie’s mum tragically died and she was young. Marine was adopted by a lovely family and grew up happy with a ‘sister’ that became her best friend.
After a disastrous marriage, she needed a complete get away from it all and a new start. When a dream job came up in Jericho’s End including accommodation, it is all too good to miss, after all, no-one will know who she is, will they? This is a beautifully written uplifting story by Trisha Ashley, who always seems to make me want to be the leading character in all her books. Marine is a lady that you just want to find a fairy tale ending.
Jericho’s End is one of those small places that is steeped in family history passed down through the generations. So it isn’t just the gardens that Marine goes digging about in. My imagination ran wide with this book and all the lovely, and at times, strange characters that the author had brought to life.
I swooned over Ned, wanted to eat ice cream continually and cringed at Wayne and his dad! It all made me feel like the place was cut off from the real world, all cocooned in its own haven but it is always too easy to forget whose is on the outside of the village.
A lovely, lovely story again. I always finish reading with a sigh and a smile with these books.
I wish to thank the publisher and NetGalley for an e-copy of this book which I have reviewed honestly.
After a disastrous marriage, she needed a complete get away from it all and a new start. When a dream job came up in Jericho’s End including accommodation, it is all too good to miss, after all, no-one will know who she is, will they? This is a beautifully written uplifting story by Trisha Ashley, who always seems to make me want to be the leading character in all her books. Marine is a lady that you just want to find a fairy tale ending.
Jericho’s End is one of those small places that is steeped in family history passed down through the generations. So it isn’t just the gardens that Marine goes digging about in. My imagination ran wide with this book and all the lovely, and at times, strange characters that the author had brought to life.
I swooned over Ned, wanted to eat ice cream continually and cringed at Wayne and his dad! It all made me feel like the place was cut off from the real world, all cocooned in its own haven but it is always too easy to forget whose is on the outside of the village.
A lovely, lovely story again. I always finish reading with a sigh and a smile with these books.
I wish to thank the publisher and NetGalley for an e-copy of this book which I have reviewed honestly.
June 11, 2020
A beautiful intriguing read full of delightful characters, homemade ice cream,eccentric pets and a glorious garden full of surprises! All of this interspersed with tales of old folklore, ancestry and history!
Marnie desperate for a new life and a sense of belonging ends up in her mother’s childhood village, where she secures herself a gardening job, this brings her back in touch with an old friend Ned, who is also recovering from a failed relationship, together with the healing power of hard work, shared interests, great friends and a love of gardening they begin to heal and trust and in doing so develop a relationship under the watchful eye of a certain feline!
A real feel good comforting read.
Thank you net galley for this early read.
Marnie desperate for a new life and a sense of belonging ends up in her mother’s childhood village, where she secures herself a gardening job, this brings her back in touch with an old friend Ned, who is also recovering from a failed relationship, together with the healing power of hard work, shared interests, great friends and a love of gardening they begin to heal and trust and in doing so develop a relationship under the watchful eye of a certain feline!
A real feel good comforting read.
Thank you net galley for this early read.
July 27, 2020
Mildly concerned that no one in this woman's life thought to go to the police AND when it was happening to another woman didn't think to try and warn her about it? Also as is always the case -no one recommended that she seek counselling and support after she escaped her horrible husband. It was very much focussed on her being a gardener, and gardening and then coming back to the UK to the village where her mum grew up.
It's definitely a weird, slightly lacking novel IMO. But nice junk food for the brain.
It's definitely a weird, slightly lacking novel IMO. But nice junk food for the brain.
June 11, 2020
A beautiful intriguing read full of delightful characters, homemade ice cream,eccentric pets and a glorious garden full of surprises! All of this interspersed with tales of old folklore, ancestry and history!
Marnie desperate for a new life and a sense of belonging ends up in her mother’s childhood village, where she secures herself a gardening job, this brings her back in touch with an old friend Ned, who is also recovering from a failed relationship, together with the healing power of hard work, shared interests, great friends and a love of gardening they begin to heal and trust and in doing so develop a relationship under the watchful eye of a certain feline!
A real feel good comforting read.
Thank you net galley for this early read.
Marnie desperate for a new life and a sense of belonging ends up in her mother’s childhood village, where she secures herself a gardening job, this brings her back in touch with an old friend Ned, who is also recovering from a failed relationship, together with the healing power of hard work, shared interests, great friends and a love of gardening they begin to heal and trust and in doing so develop a relationship under the watchful eye of a certain feline!
A real feel good comforting read.
Thank you net galley for this early read.
February 1, 2022
A delightful read another Trisha Ashley triumph. Marnie's unhappy marriage ends and she applies for a job as a gardener helping to restore an old walled garden which comes with a little cottage called Lavender cottage next to a cafe where turquoise haired Elfrida Price-Jones (Elf) makes homemade ice-cream and her artist Myfanwy (Myfy) has her studio. By coincidence it is in a village where her mother grew up. Characters from other Trisha Ashley books are mentioned which adds to visualising the village and the beautiful garden and waterfall. I loved the eccentric cat Casper who is half Maine Coon that the cafe owners had recently rescued. He decided to come and live with Marnie and gave her comfort.
July 31, 2020
Inspiring
Another great book from Trisha Ashley. The story involves the opening of a garden. It was so interesting to read about this process & I now must visit some more gardens. The added bonus of the awful family connection & the love story brought this book together beautifully.
Another great book from Trisha Ashley. The story involves the opening of a garden. It was so interesting to read about this process & I now must visit some more gardens. The added bonus of the awful family connection & the love story brought this book together beautifully.
October 29, 2020
When Marnie returns from France, where she ran too after escaping an abusive marriage, she relocates to Jericho’s End. The place where her mother grew up, and has let it be known that Marnie should never visit. Here she bumps into her old college friend, Ned, who is working with her to restore the gardens at Grace Hall.
Here secrets are uncovered and romance blooms.
This is definitely one for garden lovers, a lovely escape.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Here secrets are uncovered and romance blooms.
This is definitely one for garden lovers, a lovely escape.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
May 20, 2022
A fabulous location, lots of folklore and gardening references made it have a slight magical feel. Gentle romance too.
October 15, 2023
A warm, uplifting, beautifully detailed read, with a good dollop of humour and some gorgeous garden descriptions.
April 11, 2021
Lovely story, as we've come to expect from Trisha Ashley.
It was great to see characters from past novels appear as background characters: and the Lancashire locations have me delighted, as it's an undervalued area of the UK.
And, as a follower of Trisha on Twitter, the little sentences on the colour of the morning skies was a beautiful touch. The only issue I have is that now I want a cat!
It was great to see characters from past novels appear as background characters: and the Lancashire locations have me delighted, as it's an undervalued area of the UK.
And, as a follower of Trisha on Twitter, the little sentences on the colour of the morning skies was a beautiful touch. The only issue I have is that now I want a cat!
June 8, 2021
I absolutely love Trisha Ashley's books, have read nearly everything she has ever written and I was keen to read The Garden of Forgotten Wishes. I was not disappointed. I love how Trisha writes, it is just so accessible, you are drawn into the story from the first page. Great characters, a good story, beautifully written, a romance but not over the top in your face romance, just great relationships. A really enjoyable book and one I couldn't put down.
May 11, 2023
One of my favourite authors so I was looking forward to reading this. It did not let me down lovely characters, and wonderful descriptions of the gardens and plants as well as old English roses.
So just reading that within the story was a wonderful pleasure. The flow of the story was at a good pace and lots of threads linking the structures that wove in and out.
So I highly recommended this.
So just reading that within the story was a wonderful pleasure. The flow of the story was at a good pace and lots of threads linking the structures that wove in and out.
So I highly recommended this.
July 23, 2023
Really enjoyed this easy read.
August 16, 2023
3.5 stars. A fun read with a very interesting premise, but in the end everything became a little rushed.
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