![]() ![]() ![]() This very short novel is a beautiful story about what it means to be a community and how a community comes from having something in common – even if it’s as small as a garden. Thirteen very different voices and perspectives-old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful-tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood. Suddenly, the soil holds promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateesha's heart with a harvest of tomatoes to Virgil's dad, who sees a fortune to be made from growing lettuce and even to Maricela, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were dead. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant her precious bean seeds. ![]() Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. ![]()
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