Marcus Jarl’s new novel, published by Norstedts, is a relationship novel about the search for one’s origins, the beauty of botany, and the complexities of familial love.
In The Gardener’s Daughter we meet Flora who has always been her father’s pride and joy. She inherited his green thumb, though she often finds herself engrossed in botanical reference books at her job at the Museum of Natural History, rather than with her fingers in the soil. When her father Göran suddenly passes away at home, the family is left in shock. Flora and her younger brother Svante do their best to support their mother through the grief and handle the practical matters. Yet, in the midst of this dark time, Flora starts to sense a change in the people around her. Are they avoiding her?
As a life altering truth is revealed Flora’s world crumbles: Göran was not her biological father and she feels deeply betrayed when she discovers how many people already knew the truth. Why have they kept this secret from her all her life? And who is her real father?
What follows is a journey of profound self-discovery, as Flora untangles a web of secrets, betrayals, and tragic misunderstandings that span nearly forty years.
