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Hannay, Barbara,

The garden of hopes and dreams / Barbara Hannay. - Australia : Michael Joseph, 2021. - xii, 321 pages ; 24 cm.

The residents in Brisbane’s Riverview apartment block barely know each other. They have no idea of the loneliness, the lost hopes and dreams, being experienced behind their neighbours’ closed doors. Vera, now widowed, is trying her hardest to create a new life for herself in an unfamiliar city environment. Unlucky-in-love Maddie has been hurt too many times by untrustworthy men, yet refuses to give up on romance. Ned, a reclusive scientist, has an unusual interest in bees and worm farms. Meanwhile, the building’s caretaker, Jock, is quietly nursing a secret dream. When a couple of gardening enthusiasts from one of the apartments suggest they all create a communal garden on their rooftop, no one is interested. Not at first, anyway. But as the residents come together over their budding plants and produce, their lives become interconnected in ways they could never have imagined.

ISBN: 9781760899417 1760899410

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1E5713 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020312741 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Apartment houses--Fiction.
Communities--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Loneliness--Fiction.
Australian fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4