02489cam a2200373 i 4500 380122837 TxAuBib 20190405120000.0 181109s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542040129 1542040124 (OCoLC)1045491681 TxAuBib rda Bowen, Rhys. The victory garden / Rhys Bowen. First edition. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2019] 353 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Marrying an Australian pilot during World War I, Emily volunteers to tend the neglected grounds of a Devonshire estate where she finds inspiration and support in an herbalist's long-forgotten journals. A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller. From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden. The journals inspire Emily, and in the wake of devastating news, they are her saving grace. Emily’s lover has not only died a hero but has left her terrified—and with child. Since no one knows that Emily was never married, she adopts the charade of a war widow. As Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs, the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may open a path to her destiny. 20190405. Victory gardens Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Pregnancy Fiction. Unmarried mothers Fiction. Herbalists Fiction. Diaries Fiction. Devon (England) Fiction. England Fiction. Historical fiction.