{"product_id":"the-garden-9780593717738","title":"The Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. Evelyn and Lily have only ever known each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a nameless boy is found hiding in the boarded house at the center of their isolated grounds, their once-solitary lives are irrevocably disrupted. Who is he? Where did he come from? And most importantly, what does he want? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs suspicions gather and allegiances falter, Evelyn and Lily are forced to confront the dark truths about themselves, the garden, and the world as they've known it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is the adult pen-name of Nicholas Bowling, author of several children's novels including \u003ci\u003eWitchborn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. He works as a bookseller at Daunt Books in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187478659346,"sku":"9780593717738","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4f19c6e-da95-4157-97bc-204fb9da0aa2.jpg?v=1769532520","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-garden-9780593717738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}