The Summer Garden

· HarperCollins UK
4.6
42 reviews
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400
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A novel tracing the enduring power of love and commitment against the forces of war and the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace

From the bestselling author of The Girl in Times Square, comes the magnificent conclusion to the saga that was set in motion when Tatiana fell in love with her Red Army officer, Alexander Belov, in wartime Leningrad in 1941.

Tatiana and Alexander have since suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. After years of separation, they are miraculously reunited in America, the land of their dreams. They have a beautiful son, Anthony. They have proved to each other that their love is greater than the vast evil of the world. But though they are only in their twenties, in their hearts they are old, and they are strangers. In the climate of fear and mistrust of the Cold War, dark forces are at work in the US that threaten their life and their family. Can they be happy? Or will the ghosts of yesterday reach out to blight even the destiny of their firstborn son?

Epic in scope, masterfully told, The Summer Garden is a novel of unique and devastating emotional power that spans two thirds of the twentieth century, and three continents.

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4.6
42 reviews
Maureen connelly
17 October 2017
Absolutely fantastic! Best story ever, I could not put the books in this trilogy down, loved them! Thank you Paullina Simons.
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Kaz Lehnert
6 March 2014
Just the best 3 books I have ever read in my entire life.....feel like I want to read them all over again......this story will live with me forever....why oh why has there not been a film yet....please make it happen...feel soo priveleged to have read these books..truly are worthy of ten stars,never mind five...just excellent
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Rachel H
17 December 2014
A great ending yo the Tatiana/Alexander love story
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About the author

Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad in 1963. As a child she emigrated to Queens, New York, and attended colleges in Long Island. Then she moved to England and attended Essex University, before returning to America. She lives in New York with her husband and children.

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