Gardenias A Novel

AmonthaftertheUnitedStatesentersWorldWarII,thecountryisinupheaval?andsoistheErhardtfamily.Nine-year-oldLark,hermotherArlene,andAuntBettyareheadingforSanDiego,farawayfromHarvester,MinnesotaandArlene’sshiftlesshusband.Intheboomingwartimeeconomy,ArleneandBettyaresoonatwork,leavingLarkalonetoexploretheirnewneighborhood,awartimehousingprojectfullofotherswithsimilarlyuprootedlives.Awayfrompryingeyesandsmalltownexpectations,thetwowomenbegintoforgenewlivesandnewdreams?dreamsthatLarkisn’talwayscomfortablewith.Thisrichlydetailednovel,toldthroughLark’sobservanteyes,reflectstheera’stumultuouseventsintheeverydaydramasofitsmemorable,finelynuancedcharacters.,