Books like The Garden of Small Beginnings
12 books with a reading profile close to The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Lost Husband
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Libby Hart is a young widow with a small daughter, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband.
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2
The Apothecary's Daughter
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Lilly Haswell spent years working alongside her father in his English apothecary shop, mastering the identification of curative herbs and the precise mixing of medicinal draughts.
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3
What the Wind Knows
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
Anne Gallagher travels to Ireland to scatter her grandfather’s ashes, only to be pulled through a temporal rift on Lough Gill.
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4
The Winemaker's Wife
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1940, Inès marries the owner of Maison Chauveau, a historic champagne estate in occupied France.
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5
The Echo of Old Books
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rare book dealer Ashlyn Greer possesses a psychometric gift that allows her to feel the emotional echoes of previous owners through their physical copies.
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6
The Moon and More
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Luke’s tides and seasonal rhythms dictate life in the coastal town of Colby, where Emaline works for her family’s vacation rental business.
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7
You Should See Me in a Crown
by Leah Johnson
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Liz Lighty prioritizes her escape from Campbell, Indiana, through a scholarship to Pennington College.
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8
Pumpkinheads
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
High school seniors Deja and Josiah have worked together at a sprawling Nebraska pumpkin patch every autumn for three years.
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9
Yes No Maybe So
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Jamie Goldberg prefers the behind-the-scenes work of political campaigning to the public scrutiny of the podium.
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10
Second Chance Summer
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Taylor Edwards does not handle conflict well; her habit is to run away when life becomes difficult.
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11
Hecha de estrellas
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Mara and her twin brother, Owen, share an inseparable bond until their classmate, Hannah, accuses Owen of rape.
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Finding Audrey
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner lives trapped behind dark sunglasses inside her house, struggling with a severe anxiety disorder and agoraphobia following a traumatic bullying incident at school.
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