Garden Oats by Faith Baldwin First Edition Sampson Low 1930. A fine copy. No inscriptions and unmarked throughout. In like original dust jacket that has no tears, creasing or loss.

In Faith Baldwin's Garden Oats (1929), a tender romance unfolds amid the sunlit lawns of suburban Connecticut, where young bride Eleanor "Norrie" Ware navigates the tender shoals of early matrimony. Freshly wed to earnest architect David, she swaps her bustling city career for domestic bliss—tending flowerbeds, hosting garden parties, and whispering dreams under starlit porches. Yet, whispers of doubt creep in: a meddlesome mother-in-law, a flirtatious neighbor, and David's grueling office hours test their vows like weeds in a prize rosebush.
With Baldwin's hallmark optimism, Norrie sows resilience, reaping love's quiet harvest as misunderstandings wilt and fidelity blooms. A nostalgic ode to 1920s wedded whimsy, where hearth and heart entwine in evergreen harmony.