| Description |
294 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Amy Einhorn Books." |
| Contents |
Garden angel -- Of particular beauty are the azaleas -- A rose between two thorns -- A promising blade of grass -- Anticipated blooms -- Approaching systems -- The canopy of the yukon gold potato -- Every yard must have its flowers -- Shades of white -- The perfect Christmas tree -- Frail magnolia -- Lemon -- A pretty sky -- Potted plants and fresh flowers -- Green plants, only -- Impatiens -- Gardening seminars -- Snow -- Tomato plants -- Seedlings -- The river -- An awkward path -- The lilies of the field -- Rolling waters -- All the things he loved. |
| Summary |
Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author's life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets. |
| Local Note |
AVONNFIC |
| Subject |
Gardening -- Philosophy.
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Intercultural communication.
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| ISBN |
9780399157981 (hbk.) |
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0399157980 (hbk.) |
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