{"product_id":"the-summer-garden","title":"The Summer Garden","description":"\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif font-variant-ligatures: none xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"\u003eA moving and hopeful novel about a grieving widower who discovers that second chances can grow among tomato plants, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\"\u003egood tilled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"\u003e earth, and people who refuse to let him face life—and weeds—alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; cursor: default; background-color: #c6c6c6 !important; border-color: #c6c6c6 !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: auto 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter thirty years of marriage, Bill “Scotty” Scotsford knew exactly what his life was supposed to look like. The death of his wife threw it all on the compost heap. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; cursor: default; background-color: #c6c6c6 !important; border-color: #c6c6c6 !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: auto 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003eaking a plot at the community garden across the street from his new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003econdo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e seemed like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003ea good way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e to feel normal again—and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003eperhaps hold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e on to a little of the life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003ehe'd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e lost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003eWhat Scotty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003edidn't\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e expect was everything that came with the garden: unsolicited advice, questionable gardening techniques, ridiculous quantities of zucchini, shared coffee, unexpected friendships, and a group of people who somehow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003ebegan to notice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"pdq2pg_selectionanchorcontainer\"\u003e whether he showed up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; cursor: default; background-color: #c6c6c6 !important; border-color: #c6c6c6 !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: auto 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough heat waves, broken hoses, stubborn tomatoes, unexpected illness, first frost, and countless cups of coffee, Scotty slowly discovers that grief does not have to disappear before life can begin growing again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; cursor: default; background-color: #c6c6c6 !important; border-color: #c6c6c6 !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW21991884 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: auto 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; font-family: \" book antiqua antiqua_embeddedfont antiqua_msfontservice serif font-variant-ligatures: none xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Summer Garden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW21991884 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; 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