All the Pretty Places: A Novel of the Gilded Age
Written by Joy Callaway
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
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“A timeless and powerful novel of a daring woman who must decide if she will risk everything to follow her passion and find her voice.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author
From the moment she was born, the transforming beauty of her family’s nurseries has arrested her heart. From the moment she knew love, her heart belonged with his. Now she’s at risk of losing them both.
Rye, New York, 1893. Sadie Fremd’s dreams hinge on her family’s nursery, which has been the supplier of choice for respected landscape architects on the East Coast for decades. Now her small town is in a panic as the economy plummets into a depression, and Sadie’s father is pressuring her to secure her future by marrying a wealthy man among her peerage—but Sadie has never been one to play it safe. Besides, her heart is already spoken for.
Rather than seek potential suitors, Sadie pursues new business from her father’s most reliable and wealthy clients of the Gilded Age in an attempt to bolster the floundering nursery. But the more time Sadie spends in the secluded gardens of the elite, the more she notices the hopelessness in the eyes of those outside the mansions. The poor, the grieving, the weary. The people with no access to the restorative beauty of nature.
Sadie has always wanted her father to pass his business to her instead of to one of her brothers, but he seems oblivious to her desire and talent—and now to her passion for providing natural beauty to those who can’t afford it. When former employee, Sam, shows up unexpectedly, Sadie wonders if their love can be rekindled or if his presence will simply be another reminder of a life she longs for and cannot have.
Joy Callaway illuminates the life of her great-great-grandmother in this captivating story about a daring woman following her passion and finding her voice, while exploring natural beauty and its effect in the lives of those who need it most.
- Historical Gilded Age novel about an early American landscape nursery
- Stand-alone novel
- Also by Joy Callaway: The Grand Design, The Fifth Avenue Artists Society, and Secret Sisters
Joy Callaway
Joy Callaway lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family. The Fifth Avenue Artists Society is her first novel.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent audio narration.
Well written characters with as much historical fiction as romance. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Pretty Places by Joy Callaway and Narrated by Cassandra Campbell was an unbelievable journey!
I had an opportunity to have an advance copy of the audiobook and I am so grateful for this. The narrators made this book just magical! It felt so real, so aristocratic! The different accents! It felt so real, so alive! Truly thank you!
This book is about a young woman Sadie whose absolute passion is plants. Sadie, it's not like other women in 1893 who accepted that the only way for women is to get married and have children. Sadie wants to follow her heart. And it's not just about the man she will marry it's about the life she will live. She wants to be involved in every step of the plant nursery, she is not scared to get her hands dirty and she wants to create beauty around to make people happy. Unfortunately, this is not how her father sees her life. Sadies father is stubborn and wishes to follow the traditional path, he wants a wealthy man to marry his daughter and potentially run the nursery.
This book is about women struggling to find their voice, struggles, and sacrifices, about broken hearts and acceptance.
As an independent woman, I struggled to understand how little man was thinking about women in those days. The idea that just man can succeed just made me furious! How it's possible for a parent to be so stubborn and not hear his own child was my question throughout the book!
Even though this is a historical romance, it's beautiful and for sure a "Must Read Book"!
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