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Hardcover Details
  • 03/2018
  • 978-0-9998093-1-0 N/A
  • 227 pages
  • $25
Paperback Details
  • 03/2018
  • 978-0-9998093-3-4 N/A
  • 227 pages
  • $16
Betsy Hanson
Author
Always Gardenia
Betsy Hanson, author

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)

In present-day Seattle, 56-year-old Gardenia Pitkin is adjusting to life after the death, two years previously, of her beloved husband Torre. As pieces of her life come together, she is confounded by the surprises that surface -- a handsome engineer is determined to court her, she enjoys a growing friendship with her charming if eccentric boss, and she is convinced that her daughter-in-law is being unfaithful -should she tell her son? ALWAYS GARDENIA combines laugh-out-loud moments -- in homage to the wit of Barbara Pym -- with wise reflections on loss, friendships, and families.
Reviews
KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN, 2012-2014 WASHINGTON STATE POET LAUREATE

"In cheerful, lively prose that pays homage to the novels of Barbara Pym, ALWAYS GARDENIA skewers and celebrates middle-aged romance, English department intrigues, competitive mothering, brunch, and drum dancing. Betsy Hanson has a capacious heart: Her characters maintain their dignity despite the degradations of living beyond the flush of youth, among friends who outdo them but are too kind to say so. Every hurt, tentative pleasure, and human foible sparkles with authorial precision. The laughable is also tender for being absolutely true."

News
06/21/2018
INTERVIEW WITH NANCY PEARL!

"America's Librarian" NANCY PEARL featured ALWAYS GARDENIA by BETSY HANSON on her June 2018 Book Lust TV program! Link below.

 

Formats
Hardcover Details
  • 03/2018
  • 978-0-9998093-1-0 N/A
  • 227 pages
  • $25
Paperback Details
  • 03/2018
  • 978-0-9998093-3-4 N/A
  • 227 pages
  • $16
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