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The spellbinding new novel from the acclaimed author of The Reading List

Welcome to The Twilight Garden – the neighbourhood's best-kept secret…

‘It was a complete joy’ Sally Page, bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories

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For too long, Winston has lived a quiet life.

But when a mystery parcel drops on his doormat – a curious collection of photographs showing a community garden, his garden, bursting with life years ago – it sparks a bigger change than he could ever imagine.

Who is the secret gardener? And what are they trying to tell him?

All Winston knows is The Twilight Garden holds an extraordinary story; humming with memories just waiting to be unearthed. And the garden can work its magic on the community again – if only he finds the courage to invite people in…

©2023 Sara Nisha Adams (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited City Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban World Literature Feel-Good England

Critic reviews

‘A gorgeous story of love, friendship and gardening which really moved me. A magical novel’ Ajay Chowdhury

‘Sara's done it again, woven a beautiful story of isolation versus community, with characters you really want to see happy’ Tracy Rees
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Like The Reading List this is such a heartwarming story about community, friendship and shared joy. A lovely summer read with characters that lift off the page.

Heartwarming

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Absolutely love Sara Nisha Adams. Her style is so easy to fall in line with. This story was full of highs and lows and you really feel the anguish that the characters are experiencing, as well as their joy!

I smiled all the way through!

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I enjoyed the story but did not like the odd way some of the sentences were read - almost as if the narrators were not listening to themselves reading - they appeared to put pauses into some sentences in completely the wrong places and the intonation was made to sound wrong somehow. I can't give exact examples but there were many and by more than one narrator. It made me wonder whether a real person was reading the text. Or am I just old fashioned in not wanting an electronic voice to read to me?

Nice story

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I really enjoyed the history of this story and how the characters evolved throughout the past and present. I loved the narration and appreciated the authentic accents of the different characters.

A lovely uplifting story

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Not quite immersive as the Reading List, but time may tell, I wonder if it will be Mukish or Alma, that return to me over and over, as the book leaves it’s imprint on me and my soul. Sara Nisha Adams, just brings her characters to life in daily situations, you feel their pain, love, hope and strength.

Simple and beautiful

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