The Garden of Lost Memories

<p><strong>Just because you feel ordinary doesn’t mean you aren’t extraordinary to someone else. </strong></p><p>Sixty-two-year-old <strong>Elsie </strong>knows what she likes. Custard creams at four o’clock jigsaw puzzles with a thousand pieces her ivy covered lavender-scented garden.</p><p>Ten-year-old <strong>Billy </strong>would rather spend his Saturdays kicking a ball or watching TV or anything really other than being babysat by his grumpy neighbour Elsie and being force fed custard creams.</p><p>If it was up to them they’d have nothing to do with each other. Unfortunately you can’t choose who you live next door to.</p><p>But there is always more to people than meets the eye…</p><p>Elsie doesn’t know that Billy’s afraid to go to school now or why his mother woke him up in the middle of the night with an urgent shake bags already packed ready to flee their home.</p><p>Billy doesn’t know that the rusting red tin he finds buried in Elsie’s treasured garden is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode her carefully organised life. And that when he digs it up he is unearthing a secret that has lain dormant for twenty-eight years…</p><p><strong>This moving tale is for anyone who has ever felt the pang of loneliness or worried that their broken heart might never be the same again. Fans of </strong><em><strong>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine The Keeper of Lost Things </strong></em><strong>and</strong><em><strong> </strong><strong>The Library of Lost and Found </strong></em><strong>will fall head over heels for this life-affirming novel that shows us that if you’re willing to take a risk happiness is only ever a heartbeat away.</strong></p><p><strong>Readers absolutely love</strong><em><strong> Ruby Hummingbird: </strong></em></p><p>‘I<strong> absolutely loved </strong>this...<strong> I couldn’t put it down</strong> grabbing every opportunity to continue... Heart-wrenchingly sad but also one of the most <strong>uplifting</strong> and <strong>heartwarming</strong> books...<strong> It had me crying (and I mean big heaving sobs!!)</strong>... I finished this book last night and yet <strong>here I am 24 hours later still thinking about it!... Fabulous amazing wonderful!!</strong>’<strong> </strong><em>Stardust Book Reviews</em> ?????</p><p>‘What a<strong> wonderful </strong>story this is… <strong>Really touched my heart</strong> and <strong>brought tears to my eyes</strong>… A real <strong>feel-good-factor</strong> read that <strong>made me glow</strong> inside... A super book. <strong>Couldn't have asked for more from this lovely story</strong>.’ <em>Books from Dusk Till Dawn</em> ?????</p><p>‘<strong>Wow! Wow! Wow!</strong> What <strong>a brilliant beautiful feel-good heartwarming book! I absolutely loved it!</strong>’ Goodreads Reviewer ?????</p><p>‘<strong>What a beautiful book!... Managed to make me cry </strong>with emotion without depressing me at all<strong> then lifted me up with hope and happiness</strong>… I was <strong>glad I was all on my own reading this as it made me cry on more than one occasion</strong>.’ <em>Sandie’s Book Shelves</em> ?????</p>