01848cam a2200325 4500 423316549 TxAuBib 20200501120000.0 200326s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2020007994 9781525804649 HRD 27.99 1525804642 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib Shipman, Viola. The heirloom garden [BOOK] / Viola Shipman. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, [2020] 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has built a new family--of flowers. Iris propagates her own day-lilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive. When Abby Peterson moves next door with her family--a husband traumatized by his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability--Iris is reluctantly yet inevitably drawn into her boisterous neighbor's life, where, united by loss and a love of flowers, she and Abby tentatively unearth their secrets, and help each other discover how much life they have yet to live.". 20200501. Female friendship Fiction. Flower gardening Fiction. Intergenerational relations Fiction. Older women Fiction. Widows Fiction. Neighbors Fiction. Heirloom varieties (Plants) Fiction. Grand Haven (Mich.) Fiction. Michigan Fiction. Domestic fiction.