Joy Callaway returns with a captivating story of a strong woman in a striking setting, examining the life-changing effects of the beauty of nature and how that splendor is restricted to the rich and privileged in the Gilded Age.1893: In the little town of Rye, New York, it seems everyone?like the rest of the country?is in an economic panic. Once acclaimed for its rare and exotic plant species, Rye Nurseries?the largest nursery on the East Coast?is the supplier of choice for the most respected landscape architects, but now businesses in the community seem to close by the handful weekly. The threat to her family?s livelihood keeps twenty-two-year-old Sadie Fremd up at night. Her father seems unconcerned by the crisis and is determined to pass the nursery on to one of his sons?despite Sadie?s ardent study of horticulture. Her dreams are all wrapped up in the nursery, a company on the brink of closing, which would leave hundreds of people out of jobs and Sadie?s dream lost forever.Sadie
Author : Joy Callaway
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ISBN-10 : 9781400234400
ISBN-13 : 9781400234400