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Two years after the death of her beloved husband, Torre, fifty-six-year-old Gardenia Pitkin is adjusting to life as a widow. She's lonely and struggling financially, but she counts her blessings--her son, Hans, her grandson, Milo, and a new job as an administrative assistant in the English department of the University of the Northwest in Seattle. She even shares a love of dachshunds with her new boss, the eccentric Arnold Wiggens.
As pieces of her life come together, Gardenia is confounded by the surprises that surface. There's Lex Oh...
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Two years after the death of her beloved husband, Torre, fifty-six-year-old Gardenia Pitkin is adjusting to life as a widow. She's lonely and struggling financially, but she counts her blessings--her son, Hans, her grandson, Milo, and a new job as an administrative assistant in the English department of the University of the Northwest in Seattle. She even shares a love of dachshunds with her new boss, the eccentric Arnold Wiggens.
As pieces of her life come together, Gardenia is confounded by the surprises that surface. There's Lex Ohashi, who seems determined to court her, and Dr. Laurel DuBarr, the new adjunct professor who becomes Arnold's romantic infatuation. Gardenia also suspects her daughter-in-law of being unfaithful. Should she tell her son? With nods to the wry comedic sensibility of Barbara Pym and her respect for the role of "trivialities" in human life, ALWAYS GARDENIA combines laugh-out-loud moments with wise reflections on friendships, families, and loss, as well as the complex relationship between mothers and their grown sons.
FROM KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN, 2012-2014 WASHINGTON STATE POET LAUREATE: "In cheerful, lively prose that pays homage to the novels of Barbara Pym, ALWAYS GARDENIA skewers and celebrates middle-aged romance. . . Every hurt, tentative pleasure, and human foible sparkles with authorial precision. The laughable is also tender for being absolutely true."
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| 1. | 1 Always Gardenia Title FINAL |
0 mins 20 secs |
| 2. | 2 Always Gardenia Chapter 1 FINAL |
23 mins 15 secs |
| 3. | 3 Always Gardenia Chapter 2 FINAL |
18 mins 23 secs |
| 4. | 4 Always Gardenia Chapter 3 FINAL |
15 mins 58 secs |
| 5. | 5 Always Gardenia Chapter 4 FINAL |
12 mins 47 secs |
| 6. | 6 Always Gardenia Chapter 5 FINAL |
12 mins 26 secs |
| 7. | 7 Always Gardenia Chapter 6 FINAL |
22 mins 55 secs |
| 8. | 8 Always Gardenia Chapter 7 FINAL |
8 mins 37 secs |
| 9. | 9 Always Gardenia Chapter 8 FINAL |
8 mins 17 secs |
| 10. | 10 Always Gardenia Chapter 9 FINAL |
8 mins 21 secs |
| 11. | 11 Always Gardenia Chapter 10 FINAL |
13 mins 06 secs |
| 12. | 12 Always Gardenia Chapter 11 FINAL |
24 mins 33 secs |
| 13. | 13 Always Gardenia Chapter 12 FINAL |
8 mins 43 secs |
| 14. | 14 Always Gardenia Chapter 13 FINAL |
18 mins 33 secs |
| 15. | 15 Always Gardenia Chapter 14 FINAL |
13 mins 00 secs |
| 16. | 16 Always Gardenia Chapter 15 FINAL |
11 mins 34 secs |
| 17. | 17 Always Gardenia Chapter 16 FINAL |
15 mins 16 secs |
| 18. | 18 Always Gardenia Chapter 17 FINAL |
9 mins 39 secs |
| 19. | 19 Always Gardenia Chapter 18 FINAL |
9 mins 17 secs |
| 20. | 20 Always Gardenia Chapter 19 FINAL |
10 mins 50 secs |
| 21. | 21 Always Gardenia Chapter 20 FINAL |
14 mins 14 secs |
| 22. | 22 Always Gardenia Chapter 21 FINAL |
14 mins 33 secs |
| 23. | 23 Always Gardenia Chapter 22 FINAL |
21 mins 44 secs |
| 24. | 24 Always Gardenia Chapter 23 FINAL |
13 mins 11 secs |
| 25. | 25 Always Gardenia Chapter 24 FINAL |
16 mins 40 secs |
| 26. | 26 Always Gardenia Chapter 25 FINAL |
5 mins 38 secs |
| 27. | 27 Always Gardenia Chapter 26 FINAL |
12 mins 05 secs |
| 28. | 28 Always Gardenia Chapter 27 FINAL |
8 mins 40 secs |
| 29. | 29 Always Gardenia Credits FINAL |
1 mins 00 secs |
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