Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family.
A world of childhood relationships from the perspective of garden animals. With their way of life, their relationships, their games, their conflicts and adventures. Through some protagonists, with a predetermined and precise psychology, and who also embody types, they weave this complex and interrelated world.
"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.