The Garden of God

"The Garden of God" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is an emotionally charged story set against the backdrop of the South Seas, where a father named Lestrange deals with the devastating loss of his family. After years of fruitless search, the discovery of a whale boat with a dinghy containing the bodies of his children and their mother, sends him spiraling into grief. In his journey for solace, he navigates his guilt and longing while going to an island. There, Lestrange forms a deep and influential relationship with a child named Dick and a sailor called Kearney, discovering the nature of life and death by connecting with his lost family that appears to transcended mortality.