The Greenhouse (novel)

Plot introduction

Reception

• Corinna Lothar of the Washington Times noted that, although Hillmore was a visual artist, she employed other forms of sense imagery in the novel, providing "powerful" descriptions of sound, touch, and smell. Lothar also praised the "haunting beauty" of the work.
• The Literary Review praised the novel. '...Moving and poetic...The Greenhouse should be read for the beauty of its descriptions, its original vision, and its complete lack of vulgarity, rare in a contemporary novel.'.
• Kirkus Reviews was however concluded "Though the story's pace is sedate, the imagery throughout is overripe, contrasting the cycle of growth and regeneration with the human characters' barrenness. Depending on your point of view, either a delicately severe parable or a disappointingly reticent sketch."
• Publishers Weekly also has its reservations, stating that it 'suffers from an elliptical style and from an overabundance of images of nature run riot'