"From the beloved author of How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative power of the garden. In this restorative little book, best enjoyed in a single sitting under a tree, an adventurous young boy who traveled the world in his mind meets the old man he becomes, and together they build a new garden from a neglected plot behind his house on the edge of town. Alternate chapters follow author and professional gardener Marc Hamer as a child and his current life as a 65 year old. Hamer weaves practical gardening knowledge through…mehr
"From the beloved author of How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative power of the garden. In this restorative little book, best enjoyed in a single sitting under a tree, an adventurous young boy who traveled the world in his mind meets the old man he becomes, and together they build a new garden from a neglected plot behind his house on the edge of town. Alternate chapters follow author and professional gardener Marc Hamer as a child and his current life as a 65 year old. Hamer weaves practical gardening knowledge through these two memoir strands as he describes the planning and planting of his new small garden near Cardiff, Wales. In the words of Hamer, 'Spring Rain is about the joy of your own back garden. It is a story about the joy of small things, the world in a grain of sand, a universe in a small garden, with love for all the insects and slugs and flowers and weeds and seeds and roots and boundaries and shade and weather that the garden contains.'"--
Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales over thirty years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener. His first book, How to Catch a Mole, was an Indie Next Pick and shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. His second book, Seed to Dust, was also shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize.
Inhaltsangabe
1 Rain: An adventure at sea treasure island a little wooden hut 2 Gardener: Gerberas umbrella zinc guilt bow tie 3 Rain: Tools seeds a cleaning song books and a train to nowhere 4 Gardener: Arranging flowers skeleton birds a broken shed and letting go 5 Rain: Alburnum to Chamomile 6 Gardener: Venus Lucifer jellyfish sunshine crackly voice 7 Rain: Horse farm Antaeus wolfsbane a dying wasp 8 Gardener: Ship of junk memories happiness Thor 9 Rain: A knife a feather starfish and a magpie’s tongue 10 Gardener: A new Eden fear of the wild 11 Rain: Ant hills molehills pigtails poison 12 Gardener: A length of string a blue wheelbarrow 13 Rain: Tin-can radio Slow the slug 14 Gardener: A walk down by the eye-spikes a dog a ghost a green man 15 Rain: Rhubarb leaves and monkshood Grandma’s cows and dowsing 16 Gardener: I need three hands a list of plants sorting seeds sparkling water 17 Rain: A kiss beautiful scars 18 Gardener: Feelings desire and suffering a concert 19 Rain: Growing vegetables a lost box 20 Gardener: Free will choices Paradise Lost 21 Rain: Tea for three Blackpool rock 22 Gardener: Witness enjoying the movie hedgehogs 23 Rain: Elephants powdered horses half a lady people from Glasgow 24 Gardener: Forget-me-nots Zen monks colour and scent 25 Rain: Winter hand of glory Gipsy Rose Lee leaves rust 26 Gardener: Paradise lost 27 Rain: Settling dust booze mother vagrancy 28 Gardener: Paradise regained THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA THE ILLUSTRATIONS DEDICATION
1 Rain: An adventure at sea treasure island a little wooden hut 2 Gardener: Gerberas umbrella zinc guilt bow tie 3 Rain: Tools seeds a cleaning song books and a train to nowhere 4 Gardener: Arranging flowers skeleton birds a broken shed and letting go 5 Rain: Alburnum to Chamomile 6 Gardener: Venus Lucifer jellyfish sunshine crackly voice 7 Rain: Horse farm Antaeus wolfsbane a dying wasp 8 Gardener: Ship of junk memories happiness Thor 9 Rain: A knife a feather starfish and a magpie’s tongue 10 Gardener: A new Eden fear of the wild 11 Rain: Ant hills molehills pigtails poison 12 Gardener: A length of string a blue wheelbarrow 13 Rain: Tin-can radio Slow the slug 14 Gardener: A walk down by the eye-spikes a dog a ghost a green man 15 Rain: Rhubarb leaves and monkshood Grandma’s cows and dowsing 16 Gardener: I need three hands a list of plants sorting seeds sparkling water 17 Rain: A kiss beautiful scars 18 Gardener: Feelings desire and suffering a concert 19 Rain: Growing vegetables a lost box 20 Gardener: Free will choices Paradise Lost 21 Rain: Tea for three Blackpool rock 22 Gardener: Witness enjoying the movie hedgehogs 23 Rain: Elephants powdered horses half a lady people from Glasgow 24 Gardener: Forget-me-nots Zen monks colour and scent 25 Rain: Winter hand of glory Gipsy Rose Lee leaves rust 26 Gardener: Paradise lost 27 Rain: Settling dust booze mother vagrancy 28 Gardener: Paradise regained THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA THE ILLUSTRATIONS DEDICATION
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