Book description
Althea is the mother of three strong-minded children - one of whom is
a Buddhist - and owner of a finicky dog named Bozo.
Saddled with too large a house (albeit in a beautiful Cotswold
village), worrisome mortgage payments, a bossy younger sister and
irksome ex-husband, Althea still manages to muddle through life
comfortably enough. Until she loses her job.
Seeking solace in her borrowed greenhouse, Althea decides to develop
her passion for gardening. And when she wins the opportunity to design
a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show with the unexpected help of
gorgeous architect Patrick Donahugh, it looks as though Althea may
have unearthed a new man as well as a new career...
Katie Fforde lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and some of
her three children. Recently her old hobbies of ironing and housework
have given way to singing, Flamenco dancing and husky racing. She claims
this keeps her fit.
