Book description
"Genius."—The New York Times Book Review • “A teeming gothic.”—Vanity Fair • “Few novels of literary fiction are written as well as The Garden."—The LA Times
An eerie, masterful novel about pregnancy as a haunted house and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked The Garden as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I've always loved about Clare Beams is exactly what she provides here: an immersive story gracefully told and set in a richly imagined world. At the center of this novel, Beams' second, is Irene Willard, who has retreated to a clinic in the Berkshires while she awaits the birth of her first child after five miscarriages. The clinic is run by a husband-and-wife team who are pioneering a treatment to prevent miscarriage by providing an ideal maternal environment. What Irene finds, however, is a place full of secrets, starting with a mysterious walled garden that Irene can't seem to…
If you love The Garden...
These Blue Mountains
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…
Want books like The Garden?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 7 books like The Garden.
📚 If you like The Garden, you might also like...
The Duke's Christmas Redemption
A Duke who has rejected love, a Lady who dreams of a love match, an arranged marriage, a house full of secrets, a most unneighborly neighbor, a plot to destroy reputations, an unexpected love that redeems it all.
Lady Charlotte Wyndham, given in an arranged marriage to a man she…
Coyote Weather
Coyote weather is the feral, hungry season, drought-stricken, and ready to catch fire. It’s 1967, and the American culture is violently remaking itself while the country is forcibly sending its young men to fight in a deeply unpopular war.
Jerry has stubbornly made no plans for the future because he…