The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns: A Novel - Softcover

"I was captivated from the very first page. This uplifting novel about family and forgiveness brought me to both laughter and tears."--Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation

"Rapturous. To say I loved this book is an understatement."--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

"A touching, moving story...Margaret Dilloway is a gifted, talented writer."--Darien Gee, author of Friendship Bread

"Galilee Garner is as prickly, thorny, and gracefully sweet as one of her prize roses."--Tiffany Baker, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

"Even readers with black thumbs will be enchanted by the bramble beauty that is Galilee Garner. Dilloway has cultivated a fascinating plot in the rich science and magic of flower breeding. A story about family and the ways in which the unexpected blossom is often the most cherished. This novel is a rose personified."--Sara McCoy, author of The Baker's Daughter and The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico

"Believable situations with well-drawn characters make this novel as lovely as the roses Gal tends. Dilloway's second novel is a captivating study of how love and understanding nurture our lives. Engaging, enlightening, thoughtful, this is a winner."--Library Journal

Enduring a strict schedule that balances her teaching job with the hospital regimen required by her kidney disease, 36-year-old Gal Garner devotes her spare hours to cultivating a new rose variation before her world is upended by the arrival of her teenage niece. By the author of How to Be an American Housewife. 30,000 first printing.