The Walled Garden

No one comes out of war unscathed, but love can heal all.
1946, the village of Okbourn.
Alice Rain is married to Stephen, the heir of the crumbling Okbourn Hall. Once he was kind and gentle, but he has returned a stranger — hardened and tormented by the secrets that Alice can only guess at.
Despite her loneliness and fear of the man her husband has become, Alice tries to piece together the fragments of their marriage and save Okbourn Hall from final collapse. Starting with the walled garden, she sees fruit emerging from it — and a new feeling blossoming in her life.

«What happens when the war is over? How do people go on living after what they have seen — and perhaps done? Hardy explores these complex themes with gentle yet confident wisdom. There will be tears, but this atmospheric book is worth it» —Woman & Home