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October 2011
On Sale: October 11, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1611090792
EAN: 9781611090796
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Fiction Family Life
For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a
profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses
in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind
and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once
fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden under the
watchful eye of a cinephile monk, he is surprised by a visit
from Anna, a friend of a friend with whom he shared a
fateful moment in his mother’s greenhouse, and the daughter
they together conceived that night. In caring for both the
garden and the little girl, Lobbi slowly begins to assume
the varied and complex roles of a man: fatherhood with a
deep relationship with his child, cooking, nurturing, and
remaining also a son, brother, lover, and…a gardener. A
story about the heartfelt search for beauty in life, The
Greenhouse is a touching reminder of our ability to turn the
small things in everyday life into the extraordinary.
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