Our next book club theme is "summer". I didn't take any summer themed books with me on my vacation, so I was looking for a quick read when I got back. I don't remember exactly how I found this book, but I must have seen it on some kind of book list. I saw the word garden and thought of summer. Reading the description, it takes place at a garden party in the middle of summer, so I feel it works for the theme.
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell is the story of families living a in communal garden area in London. Clare and her 2 daughters move to this neighborhood after Clare's husband has a psychotic break down and sets the house on fire to avoid alien rats. (This part was super cheesy, but the rest is good. I promise.) The girls, Grace and Pip, start hanging around a group of friends,, referred to as the "gang". There are some unfriendly feelings between some of the girls and Grace. Most of this is because the boy in the gang, Dylan, likes Grace and some of the other girls are jealous. During a summer garden party, Grace ends up unconsious in the garden and found by her sister Pip. That is where the story acutally starts.
The story starts with Pip finding Grace. It then tells how Clare's family ended up there and we meet all the people who live there. We also here some history of people who live there, including a girl named Phoebe who was murdered there when she was 15. People start to question what really happened to Phoebe and if it is connected to what happened to Grace. Several times I thought that a certain person was guilty and then didn't end up being guilty. After some questioning by the police, the story then jumps back to what actually happened that night.
I have never read anything by Lisa Jewell before, but it was a pretty good book. Great for a quick read and mini suspense book.
Up Next: On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
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