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Growing Season
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A faded farmhouse, a devoted dog. One special summer.
Melinda is already at a crossroads when the “for rent” sign beckons her down a dusty gravel lane. Facing forty, single and downsized from her stellar career at a big-city ad agency, she’s struggling to start over when a phone call brings her home to rural Iowa.
It's not long before she moves to the country, takes on a rundown farm and its headstrong animals, and lands behind the counter of her family’s hardware store in the community of Prosper, whose motto is “The Great Little Town That Didn’t.” And just like the sprawling garden she tends under the summer sun, Melinda begins to thrive. But when storm clouds arrive on her horizon, can she hold on to the new life she's worked so hard to create?
Filled with memorable characters, from a big-hearted farm dog to the weather-obsessed owner of the local co-op, “Growing Season” celebrates the twists and turns of small-town life. Discover the heartwarming series that’s filled with new friends, fresh starts and second chances.
A faded farmhouse, a devoted dog. One special summer.
Melinda is already at a crossroads when the “for rent” sign beckons her down a dusty gravel lane. Facing forty, single and downsized from her stellar career at a big-city ad agency, she’s struggling to start over when a phone call brings her home to rural Iowa.
It's not long before she moves to the country, takes on a rundown farm and its headstrong animals, and lands behind the counter of her family’s hardware store in the community of Prosper, whose motto is “The Great Little Town That Didn’t.” And just like the sprawling garden she tends under the summer sun, Melinda begins to thrive. But when storm clouds arrive on her horizon, can she hold on to the new life she's worked so hard to create?
Filled with memorable characters, from a big-hearted farm dog to the weather-obsessed owner of the local co-op, “Growing Season” celebrates the twists and turns of small-town life. Discover the heartwarming series that’s filled with new friends, fresh starts and second chances.
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First published May 29, 2017
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About the author
Melanie Lageschulte
28 books289 followersMelanie Lageschulte is the author of the "Growing Season" women's fiction series. She grew up on an acreage in northern Iowa with a menagerie of four-footed friends. She’s spent much of her professional life telling the stories of Iowa and its residents, including several years as a features reporter and editor for the Des Moines Register. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in American history from the University of Iowa.
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October 24, 2017
If you are tired and in need of a very light, relaxing read - this could be the book for you.
It is a pleasant story with the trope of leaving-the-big-city-behind-and-start-again-in-the-countryside-while-bonding-with-nature-and-a-small-town-community.
The main character, Melinda gets the heave-ho from her high profile job in Minneapolis & does not know what to do, when she finds herself back in rural Iowa due to a family emergency. She agrees to help out her aunt and work for her in their small-town shop. She also chances upon a charming old farm which is for rent together with a 1 dog and a couple of sheep and hens.
The narrative is slow-rolling and nothing much is happening: vegetables/fruits grow and ripen, flowers bloom, Melinda works hard & gets accepted into the friendly, close-knit community.
Some dramatic tension is introduced in shape of a tornado at the very end, but everything gets sorted out eventually.
The other thing the book is curiously void of is romance. I kept expecting a love interest to turn up for Melinda, but they never did & I gave up looking for him (her) after a while.
Arc provided by the Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
It is a pleasant story with the trope of leaving-the-big-city-behind-and-start-again-in-the-countryside-while-bonding-with-nature-and-a-small-town-community.
The main character, Melinda gets the heave-ho from her high profile job in Minneapolis & does not know what to do, when she finds herself back in rural Iowa due to a family emergency. She agrees to help out her aunt and work for her in their small-town shop. She also chances upon a charming old farm which is for rent together with a 1 dog and a couple of sheep and hens.
The narrative is slow-rolling and nothing much is happening: vegetables/fruits grow and ripen, flowers bloom, Melinda works hard & gets accepted into the friendly, close-knit community.
Some dramatic tension is introduced in shape of a tornado at the very end, but everything gets sorted out eventually.
The other thing the book is curiously void of is romance. I kept expecting a love interest to turn up for Melinda, but they never did & I gave up looking for him (her) after a while.
Arc provided by the Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
April 19, 2019
3-1/2 Stars!
Growing season is book one in a series that follows 39-year-old Melinda. This books starts out with Melinda suddenly and unexpectedly losing her job. With seemingly no prospects, Melinda gets a call to return to Prosper, a small town in Iowa to help with her family’s business.
Thus begins Melinda’s adventure as she transitions from big city living to rural life complete with sheep and chickens. Melinda has a lot to learn about small town life and a lot to contemplate about her future.
This books reads like a good made for TV movie. One you would watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon. My favorite character? Hobo, the dog, of course!
Growing season is book one in a series that follows 39-year-old Melinda. This books starts out with Melinda suddenly and unexpectedly losing her job. With seemingly no prospects, Melinda gets a call to return to Prosper, a small town in Iowa to help with her family’s business.
Thus begins Melinda’s adventure as she transitions from big city living to rural life complete with sheep and chickens. Melinda has a lot to learn about small town life and a lot to contemplate about her future.
This books reads like a good made for TV movie. One you would watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon. My favorite character? Hobo, the dog, of course!
October 25, 2017
Oh my goodness, I really loved this book. I just can't rave enough about it. It started out in a pretty typical fashion. At 39 Melinda Foster loses her job she's had since she was 25 due to the company's downsizing. Her and her coworkers who were let go also are lost and befuddled. During this time period her uncle has a health issue and her aunt is his main caretaker. Her uncle owns a hardware store, one of those charming old fashioned ones out in the country. At her aunt's urging she packs her bags and heads to the country to help run the store. Her parents want her to move back in with them for the few months that she is there. Who wants to live with their parents at 39 years old though? I mean really. Exploring around town she happens upon a dirt road with a for rent sign way out in the boonies. Driving down the road she sees the house and decides to give it a chance by calling the number about the house. It's really more than she bargained for though when she finds out what she's in for. The rent is incredibly low but the catch is city girl is about to turn into a country girl. To name a few her responsibilities include weeding and harvesting the garden,taking care of the sheep and chickens,collecting the chicken eggs from the grumpy chickens and definitely making sure she doesn't get pecked. Painting the inside of the house and repairs on the barn go along with it. I kept looking for a romance to start because the books I read are usually romance but there was none here. Don't let that fool you though the book was so enjoyable even without a romance added. While she is working at the hardware store a tornado blows up . Melinda must leave the store after hiding in the basement at the store for safety. She must go home and check on the safety of the animals and see how much damage has been done to the house. How much damage was caused to the area and to the house? Are the animals safe? One thing that made me have my heart in my throat was the sweet dog,Hobo is missing. Now Hobo is one of the main characters. I just loved the boy. I suggest you read this down home country charm book. I think you'll enjoy it as much as me.
Pub Date 29 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Fremont Creek Press for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
Pub Date 29 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Fremont Creek Press for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
June 27, 2018
A simple, predictable story. Not very well written. If you are looking for mindless drivel this is the book for you!
January 9, 2021
This was a different flavor for me, but fit the bill for a book to read during one of my frequent sleepless nights. I never read books described as "heartwarming" but made it through front to back whilst picking up canning tips on a big harvest of strawberries and rhubarb. It really seemed to do a good job of describing farm life in Iowa as well as the community life of a small farming town. In fact, if anyone is contemplating a change from city life to small farm living they should give this book a try. Featured is Melinda, a young woman who had built a career in the twin cities (Mpls-St.Paul) and lost her job without warning. A relative needed help keeping a farm with animals after heart surgery and Melanie filled the gap, learning as she went.
Yes, it was heartwarming.
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Yes, it was heartwarming.
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July 10, 2020
I saw this book advertised as "heartwarming rural fiction" and that's exactly what it is. I recently finished the latest installment in the Lakeside Resort series by Susan Schild and wanted something that made me feel the same way while I was reading. I wanted something drama-free and stress-free.
This is not a romance story. Perhaps a romance may come later in the series but this was 100% the story of a woman at a crossroads. Melinda loses her job in Minneapolis and is left wondering what she will do. Her job really defined her and allowed her to live a fun, fast-paced lifestyle in the city. When her uncle has health issues, Melinda is called on to come run his business (a small-town hardware store!) until his health improves. She ends up temporarily moving to the nearby small town of Prosper, which means a TOTAL change in lifestyle.
I loved this book so much. I loved the fact that Melinda is open to to a change of venue and a change of pace while she's looking for another job. Moving is such a big step, and she's nervous and a little afraid of such a drastic change, but she adapts so well. I've wondered at times what it would be like to trade my own life for a slower life on a farm in a small town, and I loved that I was able to live through Melinda with this story. I also love the residents of the small town and the rural area around town. The neighborhood and community are all so nice and helpful.
Best of all: there are animals, there is a garden, and there is some renovation to Melinda's rental house. I love all of these things!!
This is what I'm reading before bed because it leaves me feeling happy and de-stressed. The series looks to have a bunch of books after this one and I'm excited to see where Melinda's small-town life takes her.
This is not a romance story. Perhaps a romance may come later in the series but this was 100% the story of a woman at a crossroads. Melinda loses her job in Minneapolis and is left wondering what she will do. Her job really defined her and allowed her to live a fun, fast-paced lifestyle in the city. When her uncle has health issues, Melinda is called on to come run his business (a small-town hardware store!) until his health improves. She ends up temporarily moving to the nearby small town of Prosper, which means a TOTAL change in lifestyle.
I loved this book so much. I loved the fact that Melinda is open to to a change of venue and a change of pace while she's looking for another job. Moving is such a big step, and she's nervous and a little afraid of such a drastic change, but she adapts so well. I've wondered at times what it would be like to trade my own life for a slower life on a farm in a small town, and I loved that I was able to live through Melinda with this story. I also love the residents of the small town and the rural area around town. The neighborhood and community are all so nice and helpful.
Best of all: there are animals, there is a garden, and there is some renovation to Melinda's rental house. I love all of these things!!
This is what I'm reading before bed because it leaves me feeling happy and de-stressed. The series looks to have a bunch of books after this one and I'm excited to see where Melinda's small-town life takes her.
January 25, 2018
Melinda’s just been laid off from her marketing job in Minneapolis after working there for 15 years. She is looking for another job, but there doesn’t seem to me much available. Then her aunt from Iowa calls--she needs some help with the family hardware store since her husband just had heart surgery. Melinda figures she might just as well try it, sublets her beautiful Twin Cities apartment, and rents a local farmhouse, complete with chickens, sheep, and a large vegetable garden. Melinda is a woman looking for a new start; I kept expecting the obligatory single man to show up and complete her happiness, but she did that by herself, with the help of kind people of all ages. I enjoyed escaping to Prosper, Iowa and meeting a town full of interesting and caring people.
January 19, 2018
Really loved this book...Melinda loses her job in marketing and then a phone call brings her home to rural Iowa. It’s not long before Melinda is living in a faded farmhouse, caring for a barn full of animals, and helping her aunt and uncle in their hardware store.
March 8, 2021
Well here we go...I stumbled upon this book, only to discover that it’s a series, which is a relief because I wasn’t ready to let these characters go. It’s a simple book really, that just feels peaceful in this crazy time we are in. I’m hooked!
September 28, 2019
Growing Season is by Melanie Langeschulte. It deals with getting laid off and having to redefine your life. This is what happens to Melinda. When her uncle goes into the hospital and her aunt needs help . Instead of living at home, she runs across a small house on a small farm. Hector, who lives there, is ninety and needs to stop working his small farm and go to a nursing home to be with his older brother. Melinda steps in and rents the farm and agrees to help with the sheep and chickens. She is also running the hardware store for her aunt and uncle. Will this be overwhelming for her and will she give up?
March 28, 2018
What a cute heart warming story
This was such a good easy read. I love how the author described everything in just enough detail without boring you to tears. Melinda so unsure if her future with doors opening. I mean who wants to live in the city when you can live on a farm with sheep, chickens and Hobo! I recommend this book to anyone looking for a nice fun light read with memorable characters and a good story line.
This was such a good easy read. I love how the author described everything in just enough detail without boring you to tears. Melinda so unsure if her future with doors opening. I mean who wants to live in the city when you can live on a farm with sheep, chickens and Hobo! I recommend this book to anyone looking for a nice fun light read with memorable characters and a good story line.
June 26, 2018
Two stars
Not much of a story line here compared to many other books but heh it was clean and no cursing for a change. I kept waiting for twist and turns or something but book just kind of stayed flat through the end.
Not much of a story line here compared to many other books but heh it was clean and no cursing for a change. I kept waiting for twist and turns or something but book just kind of stayed flat through the end.
July 19, 2018
Refreshing. No whiny rich, beautiful women drinking wine and complaining. It's not a mystery, which is my preferred reading, but a nice change. It is the first of a series.
August 28, 2018
Very enjoyable read. Gives you feeling of a good Hallmark movie. Will start. Book 2...Harvest Season today!
June 26, 2019
E-Reader. Novel / Fiction
Melinda Foster worked at ad agency. She was making very good salary. But they fired her.
Melinda received a call from her Aunt Miriam, that Uncle Frank had a heart attack. They ran the Propser Hardware store. She asked Melinda to work at Prosper Hardware store.
Melinda took some clothes to live with parents, Diane & Roger, in Swanton.
While driving around, she saw sign for house to rent. Melinda called the phone number, Kevin answered the phone. Kevin told her come the next morning.
Melinda asked her Dad to ride in her car to look at house for rent.
When Melinda to knock on back door, an older man asked her were to buy eggs. Melinda told the man she had an appointment with Kevin! In short time Kevin came down the stairs. He would the house for $100.00 each month. And would pay for supplies needed feed 12 sheep, 8 hens & dog food for Hobo.
Horace Schemman was still living in house. But his old brother, Wilbur went nursing home. Now Horace was temporarily moving to the same place that Wilbur went to.
There are too characters in this book to list. But hope this good to end.
I you will enjoy reading this book, as as I did.
And I hope you also read book 2 (which I've already read).
Melinda Foster worked at ad agency. She was making very good salary. But they fired her.
Melinda received a call from her Aunt Miriam, that Uncle Frank had a heart attack. They ran the Propser Hardware store. She asked Melinda to work at Prosper Hardware store.
Melinda took some clothes to live with parents, Diane & Roger, in Swanton.
While driving around, she saw sign for house to rent. Melinda called the phone number, Kevin answered the phone. Kevin told her come the next morning.
Melinda asked her Dad to ride in her car to look at house for rent.
When Melinda to knock on back door, an older man asked her were to buy eggs. Melinda told the man she had an appointment with Kevin! In short time Kevin came down the stairs. He would the house for $100.00 each month. And would pay for supplies needed feed 12 sheep, 8 hens & dog food for Hobo.
Horace Schemman was still living in house. But his old brother, Wilbur went nursing home. Now Horace was temporarily moving to the same place that Wilbur went to.
There are too characters in this book to list. But hope this good to end.
I you will enjoy reading this book, as as I did.
And I hope you also read book 2 (which I've already read).
February 5, 2018
I received Growing Season as part of the Goodreads Giveaway. I don't know that I would have purchased it since at first I though it was going to be a cookbook, based on the cover and title. But I am glad I won it.
It started off a bit slow for me when Melinda lost her job and was wondering what to do. Then she headed home to Iowa to find herself. As a result, she finds an inexpensive house to rent and a job at her uncle's hardware store. She learns what farm-life is like--caring for animals and a garden. It is harder work than she expected, but she becomes very attached to the animals, especially the dog Hobo.
She also meets great people who seem typical of the small where she works. Since I, too, come from a farm and small town, I recognized the realism of the book--especially the hard work of canning garden produce. My main criticism was the unusual usage for two words--bended, which is an archaic form of bent and hydrant for the outdoor water spigot. These may be Iowa regionalism because they aren't used in this area of Wisconsin. I do plan to get the next book Harvest Season.
It started off a bit slow for me when Melinda lost her job and was wondering what to do. Then she headed home to Iowa to find herself. As a result, she finds an inexpensive house to rent and a job at her uncle's hardware store. She learns what farm-life is like--caring for animals and a garden. It is harder work than she expected, but she becomes very attached to the animals, especially the dog Hobo.
She also meets great people who seem typical of the small where she works. Since I, too, come from a farm and small town, I recognized the realism of the book--especially the hard work of canning garden produce. My main criticism was the unusual usage for two words--bended, which is an archaic form of bent and hydrant for the outdoor water spigot. These may be Iowa regionalism because they aren't used in this area of Wisconsin. I do plan to get the next book Harvest Season.
August 13, 2018
I really liked this book. The main character was relatable, and it was a very clean book. Not a lot of swearing or sex, which bogs a book down to me. It reminded me of the Mitford books which a host of small town characters and small town problems. I will probably go and read the rest of the books in the series at some point.
June 20, 2018
Growing Season by Melanie Lageschulte
Story starts out with Melanie and sh'es just lost her job along with everybody else. She takes some time looking for work to no avail and ends up back home where she helps an ailing friend run the hardware store.
Her housing problem also is solved as she finds the farmhouse along with all the animals and garden. Story could be a short story but every thing is described in such detail it makes the story on the longside-which I love.
She even has her friends come down to paint-although she's only there for summer months. They also love the farm life and consider moving there themselves. Love hearing how just everybody within 20 miles comes to help when needed and she's there to help them all as well.
Such a close community-loved hearing of the parade and just all the small things that make a difference in rural living.
About the books and other works by her along with bio and excerpts are included at the end.
Would love to read more from this author.
Story starts out with Melanie and sh'es just lost her job along with everybody else. She takes some time looking for work to no avail and ends up back home where she helps an ailing friend run the hardware store.
Her housing problem also is solved as she finds the farmhouse along with all the animals and garden. Story could be a short story but every thing is described in such detail it makes the story on the longside-which I love.
She even has her friends come down to paint-although she's only there for summer months. They also love the farm life and consider moving there themselves. Love hearing how just everybody within 20 miles comes to help when needed and she's there to help them all as well.
Such a close community-loved hearing of the parade and just all the small things that make a difference in rural living.
About the books and other works by her along with bio and excerpts are included at the end.
Would love to read more from this author.
February 18, 2018
Great easy read with a message of hope and healing
In today’s world of fear, violence and overall distrust, this book allows you to escape to the country and heal. The people, small country town and farm life was so real that I could have picked out items in the hardware store, found my way around the farm house and barn. When there is trouble in the community...people with health issues, damage from storms, the people pull together. This story doesn't have sex, backstabbing manipulation, which seems to be the theme of much of our popular entertainment...but it leaves a longer impression. Yoga for the mind. It reminds us that real love and friendship is the greatest healers... it is the hope we all need.
In today’s world of fear, violence and overall distrust, this book allows you to escape to the country and heal. The people, small country town and farm life was so real that I could have picked out items in the hardware store, found my way around the farm house and barn. When there is trouble in the community...people with health issues, damage from storms, the people pull together. This story doesn't have sex, backstabbing manipulation, which seems to be the theme of much of our popular entertainment...but it leaves a longer impression. Yoga for the mind. It reminds us that real love and friendship is the greatest healers... it is the hope we all need.
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June 27, 2018dnf at 20%.
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This is very 'draggy' and the more or less constant use of the 'h's name (Melinda) is irritating when it appears at least once on every page. It makes me feel as if I am reading a report rather than immersing myself in the story.
And Melinda has been out of work for a month and yet only managed a 'weekly scroll through the online job boards'. Really?? I'd have been on them three times a day.
I lost interest when I got to 20% and nothing seemed to be happening.
Not rating at this time.
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This is very 'draggy' and the more or less constant use of the 'h's name (Melinda) is irritating when it appears at least once on every page. It makes me feel as if I am reading a report rather than immersing myself in the story.
And Melinda has been out of work for a month and yet only managed a 'weekly scroll through the online job boards'. Really?? I'd have been on them three times a day.
I lost interest when I got to 20% and nothing seemed to be happening.
Not rating at this time.
March 16, 2021
Okay read. Nothing really happened in the book to keep me interested in continuing with the series, unfortunately. The positives I can say about it is the author did not insert a lame love interest into this story. The main character spent the novel trying to figure out what she was going to do after unexpectantly losing her job. While she was figuring that out,, she invested her time in helping people.
December 21, 2018
Needs editing to make it flow smoothly without so many intricate details. I don't think the reader needs step-by-step instructions on how to can strawberries or feed sheep.
December 16, 2019
”Growing Season” is a book I picked up through Kindle Unlimited, after seeing it many times. When I downloaded the book, I thought it is a romance, but I was wrong. It is a pallet cleanser; it is refreshing and seasonal literature (pick it up during summer as the plot takes place during the hot and humid days of summer).
The narration takes place in rural Iowa (2019 is the year that I read books set in small towns in the U.S.)
Melinda returns home after firing her from her copyright job. Losing her job and a family situation makes Melinda rent a farmhouse, take care of the animals, and the garden. Help with the hardware store owned by her family.
It is a story where the main character returns to her root to find herself, take care of family, and friends. It is a story that in time in need, there is someone to standby you and give you a hand.
Yes, I thought that Melinda would also have a love story, but it is refreshing to read something with a complex love story. Maybe in the following books of the series will happen some love.
”Growing Season” has strong relationships between family and friends, that becomes part of the family (I believe that friends are the family we pick, and in this book is truthful to my believe).
The ending of the books leaves with the sensation that you have to read the second of the series to find out what further things the future has for Melinda and the other characters. It is good that Kindle Unlimited for having the whole series to be borrowed.
The narration takes place in rural Iowa (2019 is the year that I read books set in small towns in the U.S.)
Melinda returns home after firing her from her copyright job. Losing her job and a family situation makes Melinda rent a farmhouse, take care of the animals, and the garden. Help with the hardware store owned by her family.
It is a story where the main character returns to her root to find herself, take care of family, and friends. It is a story that in time in need, there is someone to standby you and give you a hand.
Yes, I thought that Melinda would also have a love story, but it is refreshing to read something with a complex love story. Maybe in the following books of the series will happen some love.
”Growing Season” has strong relationships between family and friends, that becomes part of the family (I believe that friends are the family we pick, and in this book is truthful to my believe).
The ending of the books leaves with the sensation that you have to read the second of the series to find out what further things the future has for Melinda and the other characters. It is good that Kindle Unlimited for having the whole series to be borrowed.
July 5, 2018
Melinda is at a crossroads of her life. After a month of wandering around she decides to return home for the summer and help out in her Aunt and Uncle's hardware store. This means she has to return to her childhood room which she's not looking forward to. While driving to her parents home she spots a "for rent" sign and finds a darling small house.
She can't seem to forget the small house so she and her father go and check it out. After much thought Melinda rents the house for the summer. One small hitch is that the house comes with animals that she has to care for.
This books is small town life. It reminded me of Jan Karon's Mitford series in the small town full of nice people. I enjoyed this story but it was slow reading but that was the whole idea, Melinda adjusting to the slower lifestyle of a small town. I'll have to let some time pass before I know if I'll read further in this series.
She can't seem to forget the small house so she and her father go and check it out. After much thought Melinda rents the house for the summer. One small hitch is that the house comes with animals that she has to care for.
This books is small town life. It reminded me of Jan Karon's Mitford series in the small town full of nice people. I enjoyed this story but it was slow reading but that was the whole idea, Melinda adjusting to the slower lifestyle of a small town. I'll have to let some time pass before I know if I'll read further in this series.
October 8, 2019
I don't remember how I ended up reading this, but you know, it was a nice change. We do a lot of driving through rural areas on our way to see relatives in Ohio and Michigan, and sometimes I find myself thinking about the difference between my life and the lives of the families whose farms we pass. This low-key novel is the story of just such a woman. Aside from her decision process in moving from the city to the country, the drama mostly takes the form of bad storms and lost dogs. It isn't an ambitious work. But I would recommend it, if you were once a suburban child who dreamed of having her own barn and animals.
July 2, 2018
If you are looking for an Iowa based book on transferring from city life to country, this is the book for you. While there is no romance interest, I found this rural setting peaceful. Melinda looses her job in Minnesota. She comes back to Iowa to help her aunt and uncle in their hardware store. She seems to take on more than she can handle when she rents a farmhouse in the country. Enjoyed this book.
June 25, 2018
Awesome story!
This was a five star for sure! If you love farming, old homes, or gardens you will fall in love with Growing
Season! Loved that it was a city girl who found farm and small town life! There's no sex, not even romance, but it will still make you tear up and wish you there!
This was a five star for sure! If you love farming, old homes, or gardens you will fall in love with Growing
Season! Loved that it was a city girl who found farm and small town life! There's no sex, not even romance, but it will still make you tear up and wish you there!
July 1, 2018
What a delightful book. Different than what I usually read but I thoroughly enjoyed. Was delighted to realize it was the first in a series of three so have already purchased the second book in the series which I will read soon. The third book will be out in September and I will definitely get that one also. A lovely feel good book.
March 29, 2020
Great story without the typical romantic hero. Would probably be best read continously through the series, as it felt like it left a lot unanswered. This book was free to prime readers, but the rest of the series is either for purchase or with kindle unlimited. I may continue the series, but I have other free books to read for the time being.
February 3, 2021
This takes place in the summer in a small town in Iowa. The story is about a woman finding her new normal after a job loss. She moves back to her hometown to help her family and ends up on a old farm. I liked the farm and the animals and the garden. The setting was delightful. The story was a bit slow, but I think it matched the setting. There is a bit of drama and humor, too.
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