Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
Sophie Green
Reviewed by Helen
Another beautiful story from the pen of Sophie Green, it is always lovely to spend time with her wonderful characters, I love getting to know them, this book takes us to The Sunshine Coast in Queensland in Noosa Heads, it is 1987 and we meet Cynthia, Lorraine, Elizabeth and Kathy as they join together to help bring gardens back to life and perhaps themselves as well, along with Barb and Shirl this is a fabulous story.
Cynthia has just arrived back to her home town after spending many unhappy years in Los Angeles, her nineteen year old daughter Odette is pregnant and it seems that time is repeating itself and Cynthia wants to be there for her, as her mother was not for her. When Cynthia meets up with an old friend she is encouraged to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society.
Lorraine, is Cynthia’s best friend and after years apart they are as close as ever, Lorraine is busy helping her husband with the handyman business keeping up with her two sons and having her mother in law living with her and after a talk, Cynthia encourages Lorraine to join the gardening society as well.
Elizabeth is a young widow with a young son Charlie, she has a big garden and after the death of her husband it is badly needing some TLC, the gardening society steps up to offer help and friendships are soon forming.
Kathy has run from her home town of Melbourne and her family to start fresh in Noosa Heads, her heart is breaking but she needs to be strong when she meets the gardening ladies on a walk one day she is encouraged to join as well and soon her life is changing with friendship.
With Shirl and Barb teaching these four woman about plants and gardening, native verses other plants, these woman become very close and they support each other where needed, in their personal lives, as in gardening many aspects of life can be similar and one quote from the book that I loved is “remove the weeds so as the plants can grow” together these woman encourage each other to find trust and happiness to start new lives where needed and to move forward.
Sophie Green has again dug deep into the emotions of these woman and bought them to life on the pages, I found them all so easy to like and I do highly recommend this one, lots of emotions rolling from the pages of this book, I loved it.
Cynthia has just arrived back to her home town after spending many unhappy years in Los Angeles, her nineteen year old daughter Odette is pregnant and it seems that time is repeating itself and Cynthia wants to be there for her, as her mother was not for her. When Cynthia meets up with an old friend she is encouraged to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society.
Lorraine, is Cynthia’s best friend and after years apart they are as close as ever, Lorraine is busy helping her husband with the handyman business keeping up with her two sons and having her mother in law living with her and after a talk, Cynthia encourages Lorraine to join the gardening society as well.
Elizabeth is a young widow with a young son Charlie, she has a big garden and after the death of her husband it is badly needing some TLC, the gardening society steps up to offer help and friendships are soon forming.
Kathy has run from her home town of Melbourne and her family to start fresh in Noosa Heads, her heart is breaking but she needs to be strong when she meets the gardening ladies on a walk one day she is encouraged to join as well and soon her life is changing with friendship.
With Shirl and Barb teaching these four woman about plants and gardening, native verses other plants, these woman become very close and they support each other where needed, in their personal lives, as in gardening many aspects of life can be similar and one quote from the book that I loved is “remove the weeds so as the plants can grow” together these woman encourage each other to find trust and happiness to start new lives where needed and to move forward.
Sophie Green has again dug deep into the emotions of these woman and bought them to life on the pages, I found them all so easy to like and I do highly recommend this one, lots of emotions rolling from the pages of this book, I loved it.
5 stars
July 26, 2023 by Hachette Australia
