PreviewsJeanette Lynes
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The Apothecary’s Garden
A Novel
Jeanette Lynes
Set in Belleville in 1860, this novel tells the story of Lavender Fitch, a 28-year-old spinster who resorts to selling flowers at the market after her father, the local apothecary, died and left her the family house and gardens. When famous spirit medium Allegra Trout and her assistant, Robert, arrive in town, Lavender harbours hopes for contact with her dead mother and for a relationship with Robert.
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The Paper Birds
A Novel
Jeanette Lynes
Fresh out of high school, Gemma Sullivan is hired for top-secret government code-breaking work in Mimico, Ontario, and the job comes with an oath of lifelong secrecy, not to mention tremendous mental strain, in this love story that reveals the struggles and sacrifices of everyday working women during the Second World War.
