SUSANNAH'S GARDEN: When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, her
parents sent her to school abroad. She said goodbye to her boyfriend,
Jake--and never saw him again. Now, at fifty, she finds herself
regretting the paths not taken. Especially the chance to be with
Jake.... In returning to her hometown of Colville, Washington, to her
parents' house, her girlhood friends and the garden she's always loved,
she also returns to the past--and the choices she made back then.
BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET: There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom
Street--a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next door to A
Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow
named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, Colette had abruptly
quit her previous job--after a brief affair with her boss. To her
dismay, he's suddenly begun placing weekly orders for flower
arrangements!