Touchstone, May 2011. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good Dustjacket. DJ shows light soiling and shelfwear. Light Shelfwear to covers, except for tiny tear on corner. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures Available Upon Request.

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The internationally bestselling author of The French Gardener presents a complex and irresistibly compelling novel that confirms the remarkable power of love to heal and transform. Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa that overlooks the sea just outside her small village. She likes to spy from the crumbling wall into the gardens and imagine that one day sheâÈçll escape her meager existence and live there surrounded by its otherworldly splendor. Then one day Dante, the son of the villaâÈçs powerful industrialist owner, invites her inside and shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden. From that moment, Floriana knows that the only destiny for her is there, in that garden, with Dante. But as they grow up and fall in love, their romance causes a crisis, jeopardizing the very thing they hold most dear. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old country house hotel on EnglandâÈçs Devon coast has fallen on hard times after the financial crash of 2008. Its owner, Marina, advertises for an artist to stay the summer and teach the guests how to paint. The man she hires is charismatic and wise and soon begins to pacify the discord in her family and transform the fortunes of the hotel. However, he has his own agenda. Is it to destroy, to seduce, or to heal? Whatever his intentions, he is certain to change MarinaâÈçs life forever. Spanning four decades and sweeping from the Italian countryside to the English coast, this new story by Santa Montefiore is a moving and mysterious tale of love, forgiveness, and the past revealed. This novel was published under the title The House by the Sea in the UK.

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Bookseller: Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25127
Title: The Mermaid Garden: A Novel
Author: Santa Montefiore
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1451624301
ISBN 13: 9781451624304
Publisher: Touchstone
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: May 2011
Pages: 432

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.