Callaway evidently based this Gilded Age novel on her own ancestors; the story centers around Sadie Fremd, a young woman from”new money”. After her parents immigrated to the United States they began a successful landscaping and gardening business and Sadie, who loves the natural world is keen to follow in their footsteps, even as her brothers strike out on their own endeavors. Unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1890 hit her little town hard and the resulting fallout causes Sadie to look at the world and her social standing through different eyes. Using her love of nature, she works to find a way to bring the healing power of plants and the natural world to all the citizens of her small town. Lush and entertaining

I am not usually a romance person so I was sitting there the entire time I was listening going "just marry the richest jerk! Just do it! Get that money" but our girl is not a gold digger and she refuses to do it.
It was so good though. I am a museum and library person and the only parks I think about are cemeteries. After reading this I want to go to city commission meetings and demand new parks. Stop building more apartments and give us some parks!
The narrator was perfect and I absolutely loved this story. It is based on genealogical information and I can tell the author put a lot of work into this. I would recommend this to anyone.