Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works
|
Buy Now
Grounding - Finding Home in a Garden (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R434
Discovery Miles 4 340
You Save: R97
(18%)
|
|
Grounding - Finding Home in a Garden (Hardcover)
(sign in to rate)
List price R531
Loot Price R434
Discovery Miles 4 340
You Save R97 (18%)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
Lulah Ellender's garden in Sussex is an unruly but beloved place.
It is also not permanently her own. When just a few weeks after
losing her mother, Lulah is told that she and her family might have
to leave the rented house that they have made their home, her
immediate response is to freeze, to neglect the plants she has
spent years cultivating. But before long she finds herself back in
the garden, tidying, planning, and planting - putting down roots
even though she may not be there to see the shoots emerge. Drawing
on her intimate knowledge of this small plot of land in Sussex, as
well as her visits to the celebrated gardens close by - Charleston
and Sissinghurst, among others - Lulah explores the broader
relationship between gardener and garden. From artistic figures
such as Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo to the
long-gone inhabitants of a ruined village nearby, Lulah considers
the ways in which tending the soil, growing plants, and tuning into
the unceasing rhythms of nature can help us live with uncertainty
and bring a sense of coming home, of feeling grounded, and
ultimately of finding one's time-bound place here on Earth. "A
lyrical delve into how gardening literally roots us to places and
helps us look towards an uncertain future with hope" - Kathy
Clugston "A much-needed book that offers a deep and moving insight
on motherhood, letting go, and how our gardens can help us" - Alice
Vincent, author of Rootbound
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.