Common Ground - In life's messiest moments, something beautiful can bloom (Hardcover)
Publisher,HQ UK
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Format, Hardcover
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No. of Pages, 368
Shelf: FICTION / ADULT FICTION / GENERAL FICTION
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'The perfect antidote to dark nights and our current news cycle' Scotsman
Germaine only accepted the job at the Kenmar allotments for a fresh start. Far from anyone who knows her history she can focus on work and tending to her own plot. Most of the other plot-holders keep to themselves and that suits her just fine.
But when the local council announces plans to turn the allotments into luxury housing, Germaine finds herself leading a battle to save the place that has become a sanctuary for fractured souls.
Amidst crumbling sheds and overgrown paths, the rag-tag band plan protests, forge alliances and uncover long-buried secrets. Soon they’ll learn that the allotments aren’t just plots of land but a place to belong.
A love letter to community and the power of activism, from the author of Ginger and Me and Graffiti Girls.
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Elissa Soave (Author)
Elissa Soave won the inaugural Primadonna Prize in 2019. She was also a Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect finalist 2019 and has had work published in various journals and anthologies, including New Writing Scotland, Gutter, and the Glasgow Review of Books. Her first novel, Ginger and Me, was published by HQ, HarperCollins in July 2022, and was shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award 2023. Her second novel, Graffiti Girls, was published by HQ in March 2025, with her third, Common Ground, coming out in February 2026. Elissa was a judge on the Primadonna Prize 2022 and the Curae Prize 2023 and 2025. She currently lives in South Lanarkshire.
