Description
Description
From bestselling, award-winning author Nina LaCour comes a sweeping family saga about self-discovery and love in all forms, inspired by the author's Creole roots
New Orleans, 1944. Odette has always been one of the Honore sisters, glamorous and admired in their Creole community. But while Odette's older sisters are content to be wives and mothers, Odette has always wanted something else. It is only with her beloved cousin, Delphine, that Odette can tell her secret: she is in love with a woman, and she longs to be an artist. Delphine has a secret lover, too, a white man. In the hidden garden they've discovered, Odette and Delphine can dream of futures full of passion and freedom. But five years later, Odette's life is nothing like what she'd planned. She's a widowed mother, living in Los Angeles, and she and Delphine, who is passing as white, have spiraled away from each other. When Delphine reaches a breaking point, Odette must make a shattering choice to try to hold her family together. Profound and expansive, a story of love and longing, art and motherhood, friendship and desire, Meet Me in the Garden is a decades-spanning tour de force, inspired by the author's family and tracing the history of the Great Migration.
About the Author
About the Author
NINA LACOUR is the award-winning and bestselling author of Yerba Buena, as well as many works for children and young adults. A former indie bookseller and educator, she lives with her family in San Francisco.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Praise for Meet Me in the Garden
"Sweeping and profound."
--People (Most Anticipated)
"A masterpiece that stands as an exceptional work of historical fiction...This character-driven beauty is an immersive, heartfelt triumph. It is a fantastic must-read that will resonate deeply with fans of Alice Walker and Brit Bennett."
--Booklist (starred review)
"A gorgeous family saga that dares much and delivers on its promise... LaCour's sensuous novel is steeped in rich details of jazz, Creole cooking, and California glamour, and the characters are pitch-perfect."
--Publishers Weekly
--Kirkus
"Fans of Nella Larsen's Passing will enjoy this sympathetic tale about the secrets a family keeps among themselves and from each other as they grapple with societal prejudice during the mid-20th century."
--Library Journal
"Gloriously ambitious...Nina LaCour's prose is painterly and rhythmic, filled with heat and hope. What a story, what a storyteller. I couldn't put this one down."
--Meg Howrey, author of They're Going to Love You
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Pub date:
2026-08-04
Length:
400 pages
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