A literary twist on The Secret Garden for fans of Shirley Jackson Piranesi and Unsettled
Ground 'Extraordinary... it already feels like a classic ' Emerald Fennell Oscar-winning
director of SALTBURN 'Glitters with menace and mystery ' Emma Stonex bestselling author of
The Lamplighters 'An intriguing mix of psychological mystery and dystopian gothic' Guardian
'Part fable part literary thriller... The Garden may be the elusive inheritor to Susanna
Clarke's Piranesi ' Vulture ____ Nothing had come over the wall for a very long time. ....
In a place and time unknown two elderly sisters live in a walled garden secluded from the
outside world. For as long as they can remember Evelyn and Lily have only had each other.
What came before the garden they have forgotten what lies beyond it they do not know. Each
day is spent tending the bees planting the crops dutifully following the instructions of the
almanac written by their mother. But then one of them makes a startling discovery. What if
their carefully curated life is an illusion? What if the walls no longer keep them safe?
'Reminiscent of John Wyndham....absolutely exquisite' Daily Mail 'Darkly beautiful... a
Gothic dystopian inversion of The Secret Garden ' Good Housekeeping 'A brilliantly drawn
folie à deux ... like Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle - SFX READER'S
RESPONSES to THE GARDEN: 'Definitely one of the most original books I've ever read and I loved
every moment of the reading experience' 5-star reader review ' LOVED this . Reminiscent of
Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived In The Castle" and Susanna Clarke's "Piranesi"' 5-star
reader review 'Newman's writing style and world-building are poetic and evocative yet also
eerie and suspenseful .' 5-star reader review 'WOW! I was absolutely engrossed in this
genre-bender for two days straight.' 5-star reader review ' Fans of Emily St. John Mandel
Lily Brooks-Dalton and Charlotte McConaghy will enjoy this book.' 5-star reader review 'Part
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane part Lord of the Flies part Shirley Jackson : all itself'
5-star reader review 'Nick Newman's distinctly creepy quirky mountingly tense post
apocalyptic Gothic Garden of Eden novel is definitely weird and remarkably wonderful .' 5-star
reader review 'Gave me a mixture of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and I Capture the
Castle vibes' 5-star reader review ' Outstanding. I was hooked on the story from the beginning
. It had such a weird evocative vibe from the beginning.' 5-star reader review 'Whatever else
I read in 2025 it's definitely going to be one of my top ten.' 5-star reader review
