Losing The Garden

Author : Laura Waterman
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619020443

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Losing the Garden by Laura Waterman Pdf

In 1971, Laura and Guy Waterman decided to give up all the conveniences of life and live self–sufficiently for the land, in a cabin in the mountains of Vermont. For nearly three decades they created a deliberate life, eating food they grew themselves and using no running water or electricity. Losing The Garden is an honest account of their marriage, seen as idyllic but riddled from within, as well as the event that would end it — the day Guy climbed a summit and sat down among the rocks to die. This is the memoir of a woman who was compelled to ask herself, "How could I support my husband's plan to commit suicide?" In her intimate examination, we explore the intricate and dark family histories of this couple, and reach a deep understanding of the marriage that tried to transcend them. At its heart, this is a love story and an affirmation of life after loss.

Author : Helen Humphreys
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393324914

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The Lost Garden: A Novel by Helen Humphreys Pdf

Leaving war-stricken London in 1941, Gwen Davis volunteers for the Land Army in the Devon countryside where she oversees a group of girls who plant crops for the war effort beside a regiment of Canadian soldiers. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Susan Doherty
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780735276529

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The Ghost Garden by Susan Doherty Pdf

"A compelling act of connection, leavened with humour, clear-eyed yet packed with hope." —Ann-Marie MacDonald A rare work of narrative non-fiction that illuminates a world most of us try not to see: the daily lives of the severely mentally ill, who are medicated, marginalized, locked away and shunned. Susan Doherty's groundbreaking book brings us a population of lost souls, ill-served by society, feared, shunted from locked wards to rooming houses to the streets to jail and back again. For the past 10 years, many who have cycled in and out of the locked wards of the Douglas Institute in Montreal found a friend in Susan, who volunteers on the wards and then accompanies her friends out into the world. With their full cooperation, she brings us intimate stories that challenge our views of people with mental illness. Through "Caroline Evans," a woman in her early sixties whom Susan has known since she was a bright, sunny school girl, we experience living with schizophrenia, such as when Caroline was convinced she could save her roommate from the devil by pouring boiling water into her ear... She has been through it all, including having to navigate an indifferent justice system that is incapable of serving the severely ill. Susan interleaves Caroline's story with vignettes about her other friends—stories that reveal their hopes, circumstances, personalities, humanity. Susan found that if she can hang in through the first 10-15 minutes of every coffee date with someone in the grip of psychosis, true communication results. Their "madness" is not otherworldly: instead it tells us something about how they're surviving their lives and what they've been through. The Ghost Garden carries a cargo of compassion and empathy that motivates us to re-examine our understanding of justice, society and humanity.

Author : Abbi Waxman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399583599

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The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman Pdf

“A quirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful book”* that’s “filled with characters you’ll love and wish you lived next door to in real life”** from the author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts later, she’s just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to work, and watch TV like a pro. The only problem is she’s becoming overwhelmed with being underwhelmed. At least her textbook illustrating job has some perks—like actually being called upon to draw whale genitalia. Oh, and there’s that vegetable-gardening class her boss signed her up for. Apparently, being the chosen illustrator for a series of boutique vegetable guides means getting your hands dirty, literally. Wallowing around in compost on a Saturday morning can’t be much worse than wallowing around in pajamas and self-pity. After recruiting her kids and insanely supportive sister to join her, Lilian shows up at the Los Angeles botanical garden feeling out of her element. But what she’ll soon discover—with the help of a patient instructor and a quirky group of gardeners—is that into every life a little sun must shine, whether you want it to or not... READERS GUIDE INCLUDED *HelloGiggles **Bustle

Author : John Connolly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743298858

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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Pdf

A 12-year-old boy, mourning the death of his mother, takes refuge in the myths and fairytales she always loved--and finds that his reality and a fantasy world start to meld.

Author : Amal El-Mohtar,Max Gladstone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781534431010

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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar,Max Gladstone Pdf

* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * “[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015080118378

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The Garden by Anonim Pdf

Author : Janna Matthies
Publisher : Av2 by Weigl
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1621278956

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The Goodbye Cancer Garden by Janna Matthies Pdf

When a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her family plant a garden and watch it grow through the seasons as she undergoes treatments and gets better.

Author : Laura Alary
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781525305313

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What Grew in Larry's Garden by Laura Alary Pdf

A girl and her neighbor grow a community from their garden. Grace thinks Larry’s garden is one of the wonders of the world. In his tiny backyard, Larry grows extraordinary vegetables, with Grace as his helper. They water and weed, plant and prune, hoe and harvest. And whenever there’s a problem, Grace and Larry solve it together. Grace soon learns that Larry has big plans for the vegetables in his garden. And when the garden faces its biggest problem yet, Grace follows Larry’s example to find the perfect solution. Amazing things can grow when you tend your garden with kindness.

Author : Julia Kelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982107840

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The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly Pdf

From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes “a compelling read, filled with lovable characters and an alluring twist of fates” (Ellen Keith, author of The Dutch Wife) about five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden. Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens’ past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden. 1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her work, Venetia Smith has carved out a niche for herself as a garden designer to industrialists, solicitors, and bankers looking to show off their wealth with sumptuous country houses. When she is hired to design the gardens of Highbury House, she is determined to make them a triumph, but the gardens—and the people she meets—promise to change her life forever. 1944: When land girl Beth Pedley arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she wants is to find a place she can call home. Cook Stella Adderton, on the other hand, is desperate to leave Highbury House to pursue her own dreams. And widow Diana Symonds, the mistress of the grand house, is anxiously trying to cling to her pre-war life now that her home has been requisitioned and transformed into a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. But when war threatens Highbury House’s treasured gardens, these three very different women are drawn together by a secret that will last for decades. “Gorgeously written and rooted in meticulous period detail, this novel is vibrant as it is stirring. Fans of historical fiction will fall in love with The Last Garden in England” (Roxanne Veletzos, author of The Girl They Left Behind).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Gardening
ISBN : CORNELL:31924094255159

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Gardening Illustrated by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fernando Aramburu
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524747121

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Homeland by Fernando Aramburu Pdf

The story of two families in small-town Basque country, pitted against each other by the ideology of ETA, from 1980s to October 2011 when the group proclaimed an end to its savage insurgency. Told through a succession of more than one hundred short sections

Author : Rick Moody
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Teenagers
ISBN : 0571200613

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Garden State by Rick Moody Pdf

This first novel by the acclaimed author of Demonology and The Ice Storm traces a group of friends in Haledon, New Jersey, through one Spring in their rocky passage towards adulthood. The kids are out of school, trying to start a band, trying to find work; looking for something to do within the degraded terrain of their suburban hometown. Garden State starkly captures the lyricism of their lives in an intense and unforgettable story of friendship and betrayal.

Author : Marilyn Brown (archaeological investigator.)
Publisher : Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : NYPL:33433111347419

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Scotland's Lost Gardens by Marilyn Brown (archaeological investigator.) Pdf

Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Like any art form, they provide an insight into social, political and economic fashions, they intimately reflect the personalities and ideals of the individuals who created them, and they capture the changing fortunes of successive generations of monarchs and noblemen. Yet they remain fragile features of the landscape, easily changed, abandoned or destroyed, leaving little or no trace.In Scotland's Lost Gardens, author Marilyn Brown rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy Pont, a spy map of Holyrood drawn for Henry VIII during the 'Rough Wooing', medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes.Starting with the monastic gardens of St Columba on the Isle of Iona in the sixth century, and encompassing the pleasure parks of James IV and James V, the royal and noble refuges of Mary Queen of Scots, and the 'King's Knot', the garden masterpiece which lies below Stirling Castle, the history of lost gardens is inextricably linked to the wider history of the nation, from the spread of Christianity to the Reformation and the Union of the Crowns.The product of over 30 years of research, Scotland's Lost Gardens demonstrates how our cultural heritage sits within a wider European movement of shared artistic values and literary influences. Providing a unique perspective on this common past, it is also a fascinating guide to Scotland's disappeared landscapes and sanctuaries - lost gardens laid out many hundreds of years ago 'for the honourable delight of body and soul'.

Author : Elizabeth Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Flower gardening
ISBN : OXFORD:591034733

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Flowers and the flower garden by Elizabeth Watts Pdf