Digging In: A Novel [Paperback]

In author Loretta Nyhans warm, witty, and wonderful novel, a widow discovers an unexpected chance to start overright in her own backyard.

Paige Moresco found her true love in eighth gradeand lost him two years ago. Since his death, shes been sleepwalking through life, barely holding on for the sake of her teenage son. Her house is a wreck, the grass is overrun with weeds, and shes at risk of losing her job. As Paige stares at her neglected lawn, she knows shes hit rock bottom. So she does something entirely unexpected: she begins to dig.

As the hole gets bigger, Paige decides to turn her entire yard into a vegetable garden. The neighbors in her tidy gated community are more than a little alarmed. Paige knows nothing about gardening, and shes boldly flouting neighborhood-association bylaws. But with the help of new friends, a charming local cop, and the transformative power of the soil, Paige starts to see potential in the chaos of her life. Something big is beginning to take rootboth in her garden and in herself.