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The Midsummer Garden

Kirsty Manning

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 367 Users | 66 Reviews

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Title	:	The Midsummer Garden
Author	:	Kirsty Manning
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2017 by Allen & Unwin (first published March 29th 2017)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Fiction

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Travelling between lush gardens in France, windswept coastlines of Tasmania, to Tuscan hillsides and beyond, The Midsummer Garden lures the reader on an unforgettable culinary and botanical journey.

1487 Artemisia is young to be in charge of the kitchens at Chateau de Boschaud but, having been taught the herbalists' lore, her knowledge of how food can delight the senses is unsurpassed. All of her concentration and flair is needed as she oversees the final preparations for the sumptuous wedding feast of Lord Boschaud and his bride while concealing her own secret dream. For after the celebrations are over, she dares to believe that her future lies outside the chateau. But who will she trust?

2014 Pip Arnet is an expert in predicting threats to healthy ecosystems. Trouble is, she doesn't seem to recognise these signs in her own life. What Pip holds dearest right now is her potential to make a real difference in the marine biology of her beloved Tasmanian coastline. She'd thought that her fiance Jack understood this, believed that he knew she couldn't make any plans until her studies were complete. But lately, since she's finally moved in with him, Jack appears to have forgotten everything they'd discussed.

When a gift of several dusty, beautiful old copper pots arrives in Pip's kitchen, the two stories come together in a rich and sensuous celebration of family and love, passion and sacrifice.

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Kirsty Manning is an Australian journalist and author who has previously co-authored a book on gardens and cooking called We Love Food. These two passions are apparent on every page of her debut novel, The Midsummer Garden. The novel travels back and forth in time between the stories of Pip, an Australian doctoral student in 2014, and Artemisia, a cook at the Chateau de Boschaud in 1487. The two are linked by the discovery of a small book of hand-written recipes hidden within a set of antique

This book was a bit up and down for me. I enjoyed the tale set in 1487. I really enjoyed getting to know Artemisia and disliking Abbot Roald. But I didn't connect with the story set in 2014 so much. Parts of it seemed a bit contrived. I never really bought the issues between Pip and Jack. For a couple that communicated with each other so well, it seemed implausible that they couldn't tell each other what they really wanted; especially when they each appeared to be so clear about what they wanted

* https://mrsbbookreviews.wordpress.comMy favourite front cover book design of the year is without a doubt is going to be awarded to The Midsummer Garden. The natural beauty of this cover, the perfect combination of colours, along with luscious plants and flowers that adorn it makes the cover a sure-fire winner for me. Cover design love aside, inside the cover pages of this novel lies a truly magical story. The Midsummer Garden takes the reader on an unforgettable adventure into the natural and

I received this book as a giveaway from Goodreads. A wonderful blending of the past and present, the way of the food, herbs and spices was vital to the people involved. Two stories of love, struggle, betrayal and compromise separated by over 500 years. The modern and the medieval so different in every way but the stories and the recipes, herbs and spices make their way into the present and help a troubled, confused, Pip, decide on the direction her life should take.

I had such high expectations for this book so in the end it let me down. It took me ages to read because I couldn't get "into it". I didn't warm to or understand the characters, and I think the story didn't go where I wanted to go. Personally I think the author had a lovely idea and was going after an already established audience (Kate Morton readers for example) but the writing was almost too "try hard" for me. I like authors who evoke something and it's enough for my imagination to go for a

This is a great read and I am delighted to have received it as a giveaway on Goodreads. The author takes the reader from Tasmania to medieval France as she tells the stories of 2 woman in their search for love and contentment .There is wonderful description in the book and I loved the descriptions of herbs and flowers in the chapters about Artimesia, it was incredible how useful some of these plants are. When Pip travels to Tuscanny 2014 we again learn how many herbs are still being used in

I was very lucky to win this book in a giveaway by Allen and Unwin! Besides the fact I was able to score a free book, I was grateful to be given the opportunity to read The Midsummer Garden by Kirsty Manning. This is her debut book and my oh my what a book!I am going to be honest here in which if I never won this book I do not think I would have ever read/purchased this book. The reason is that I am so used to reading books in genres I like; I often ignore literature/fiction books. This is a