{"product_id":"the-red-garden-9780307405975","title":"The Red Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Magic comes\u003c\/i\u003e a transfixing glimpse into a small American town where a mysterious, magical garden holds the truth behind three hundred years of passion, dark secrets, loyalty, and redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] dreamy, fabulist series of connected stories . . .  These] tales, with their tight, soft focus on America, cast their own spell.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Red Garden\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives. From the town's founder, a brave young woman from England who has no fear of blizzards or bears, to the young man who runs away to New York City with only his dog for company, the characters in \u003ci\u003eThe Red Garden\u003c\/i\u003e are extraordinary and vivid: a young wounded Civil War soldier who is saved by a passionate neighbor, a woman who meets a fiercely human historical character, a poet who falls in love with a blind man, a mysterious traveler who comes to town in the year when summer never arrives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of everyone's life is a mysterious garden where only red plants can grow, and where the truth can be found by those who dare to look. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully crafted and shimmering with magic, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is as unforgettable as it is moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of more than thirty acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Story Sisters, The Third Angel, The Ice Queen, Practical Magic, Here on Earth, The River King, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkylight Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written two books of short stories, and eight books for children and young adults. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and published in more than one hundred foreign editions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565612044562,"sku":"9780307405975","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c24d4da-2afe-4aa0-8a79-d56903667ed9.jpg?v=1731886796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-red-garden-9780307405975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}