My daughter threw a lot of cheese at people on a recent Sunday afternoon, only confirming something I’ve long suspected: If something comes out of a cow in Wisconsin, people will eventually pick it up and give it a fling.
“The Last Garden in England” by Julia Kelly weaves a tale of five women from three different eras linked by one garden. This historical fiction contains enough vibrant details to immerse yourself in other times while learning about a special garden from the people whose lives it touched.
My nine-year-old daughter calls getting out of school “getting loose.” Like she’s Andy Dufresne, crawling through a sewage pipe under the Shawshank State Prison. Like a bonobo that scaled a fence at the zoo.