Grounding: Finding Home in a Garden - Couverture souple

Ellender, Lulah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178378699X ISBN 13 : 9781783786992

Editeur : Granta Books, 2023

Synopsis

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 propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lulah Ellender's writing has appeared in the Guardian, YOU magazine, EasyLiving and Green Parent, among others. She lives in Sussex, with her husband and four children. She is the author of Elizabeth's Lists and Grounding.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178378699X
• ISBN 13: 9781783786992
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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