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Spring on the little Cornish Isles

the flower farm

by Phillipa Ashley

Published 2018374 pagesISBN 978-0-0082-5339-4

"Jess has lived at the idyllic flower farm on the Isles of Scilly her whole life, but when her boyfriend Adam leaves without explanation, Jess discovers that even her little slice of Cornish heaven can be lonely. For the first time in Will's life, he's met someone he can't stop thinking about. But nothing is simple when the woman of your dreams is working for you. Gaby is running away from painful memories and where could be more perfect than a remote island off the Cornish coast? But to put the past behind her, she must keep moving, however much she might want to stay. Nothing is simple, even on paradise. Will love bloom for the residents of the little Cornish Isles?"--Provided by publisher.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Spring on the little Cornish IslesPhillipa Ashley
Powerful4.5/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA standard-length read374 pages in this edition
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2018
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-0082-5339-4
Language
English
Edition record
OL28236046M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.