Two storylines from 1986 and 2019 connect through an empty lot community garden and the power of nature to build community and found family. The author of The Reading List brings us another novel full of connection between people exploring themes of grief, loneliness, love, and community.

I loved this book. I read it straight through. The story of friendship, family, and community, in all of its forms was wonderful and uplifting. Highly recommend.

As neighbors with a shared back garden, Winston and Beatrice will have to learn to get along when Beatrice buys the house next door to Winston's rental. When they both begin to receive mysterious mail about the history of a community garden, they slowly warm up to one another and work together to improve the space and uncover the full history of their London neighborhood- which leads them both to a greater sense of belonging and community. Well told and interesting dual time line story.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams.

Adams brings back the charm, sentiment, and good feelings that won us over in her debut, The Reading List. This story of a garden bringing neighbors together in two different timelines will warm your heart and either make you believe in the power of community and connectedness, or reaffirm what you already know. Of course, this book is about so much more than gardening as The Reading List was about more than books. The characters here are so real and human and funny and complex. If you like stories of people going through life and raising each other up in difficult times, you will love The Twilight Garden.

Two neighbors who hate each other, find common ground where neither of them think they ever could. The outdoor city garden needs a little TLC and these unassuming neighbors save and care for it.

The Twilight Garden….Sweet story, lovely characters. Thanks Netgalley and publisher..sometimes I really dislike having to have at least 100 characters in my review.

What a lovely story! I really enjoyed this book, and the dual timeline. The character development was excellent, and the writing was good.
I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 as I would have preferred to have more time with the characters and less time on the specifics of the garden.

Absolutely wonderful! What a lovely, slow read of a book. I rarely take four or five days to read a book but this one demanded that I slow down and taste each paragraph like a well crafted bite of delicious food. The friends, the characters, the garden - all so well depicted that everything seemed so real. Bravo.