AuÃ°ur Ava Ã“lafsdÃ³ttir,Brian FitzGibbon
For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden under the watchful eye of a cinephile monk, he is surprised by a visit from Anna, a friend of a friend with whom he shared a fateful moment in his motherâ€™s greenhouse, and the daughter they together conceived that night. In caring for both the garden and the little girl, Lobbi slowly begins to assume the varied and complex roles of a man: fatherhood with a deep relationship with his child, cooking, nurturing, and remaining also a son, brother, lover, andâ€¦a gardener. A story about the heartfelt search for beauty in life, ,The Greenhouse, is a touching reminder of our ability to turn the small things in everyday life into the extraordinary.
Fiction,Contemporary,Roman,European Literature,Scandinavian Literature,Romance,Literary Fiction,Novels,Adult Fiction,Travel,Family
The Greenhouse