{"product_id":"the-garden-nick-newman-9781804993750","title":"The Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a Costa shortlisted children's author and Daunts bookseller, The Secret Garden with an otherworldly twist - for fans of Unsettled Ground, Piranesi, Leave the World Behind and the speculative edge of Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'EXTRAORDINARY... it already feels like a classic' EMERALD FENNELL, Oscar-winning director of WUTHERING HEIGHTS and SALTBURN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA literary twist on The Secret Garden for fans of Shirley Jackson, Piranesi and Unsettled Ground....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Glitters with menace and mystery' Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Part fable, part literary thriller...may be the elusive inheritor to Susanna Clarke's Piranesi' Vulture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNothing had come over the wall for a very long time. ....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat came before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach day is spent tending the bees, planting the crops, dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut then one of them makes a startling discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if their carefully curated life is an illusion? What if the walls no longer keep them safe?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An intriguing mix of psychological mystery and dystopian gothic' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reminiscent of John Wyndham....absolutely exquisite' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Darkly beautiful... a Gothic, dystopian inversion of The Secret Garden' Good Housekeeping \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliantly drawn folie   deux ... like Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle - SFX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREADER'S RESPONSES to THE GARDEN:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Definitely one of the most original books I've ever read and I loved every moment of the reading experience' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'LOVED this. Reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's \\\"We Have Always Lived In The Castle\\\" and Susanna Clarke's \\\"Piranesi\\\"' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Newman's writing style and world-building are poetic and evocative, yet also eerie and suspenseful.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'WOW! I was absolutely engrossed in this genre-bender for two days straight.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fans of Emily St. John Mandel, Lily Brooks-Dalton, and Charlotte McConaghy will enjoy this book.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Part Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, part Lord of the Flies, part Shirley Jackson : all itself' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Nick Newman's distinctly creepy, quirky, mountingly tense post apocalyptic Gothic Garden of Eden novel is definitely weird, and remarkably wonderful.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gave me a mixture of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and I Capture the Castle vibes' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Outstanding. I was hooked on the story from the beginning. It had such a weird, evocative vibe from the beginning.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Whatever else I read in 2025, it's definitely going to be one of my top ten.' 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Newman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49918794105075,"sku":"9781804993750","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781804993750.jpg?v=1784059389","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-garden-nick-newman-9781804993750","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}