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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
March 31, 2015
Pages
284
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345548078
ISBN-10
0345548078
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Original list price
$26.00
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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt | Seven Flowers And How They Shaped Our World | A Circle of Quiet | Stir | Roots and Sky | Simply Tuesday | Tepper Isn't Going Out | Wish You Well | State of Wonder
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt | Seven Flowers And How They Shaped Our World | A Circle of Quiet | Stir | Roots and Sky | Simply Tuesday | Tepper Isn't Going Out | Wish You Well | State of Wonder
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves.
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Peeling paint, stained floors, vined-over windows, a neglected and wild gardenâTara Austen Weaver canât get the Seattle real estate listing out of her head. Any sane person would have seen the abandoned property for what it was: a ramshackle half-acre filled with dead grass, blackberry vines, and trouble. But Tara sees potential and promiseânot only for the edible bounty the garden could yield for her family, but for the personal renewal she and her mother might reap along the way.
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So begins Orchard House, a story of rehabilitation and cultivationâof land and soul. Through bleak winters, springs that sputter with rain and cold, golden days of summer, and autumns full of apples, pears, and pumpkins, this evocative memoir recounts the Weaversâ trials and triumphs, detailing what grew and what didnât, the obstacles overcome and the lessons learned. Inexorably, as mother and daughter tend this wild patch and the fruits of their labor begin to flourish, green shoots of hope emerge from the darkness of their past.
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For everyone who has ever planted something that they wished would surviveâor tried to mend something that seemed forever brokenâOrchard House is a tale of healing and growth set in a most unlikely place.
Praise for Orchard House
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âThis touching memoir chronicles how the act of transforming a garden togetherâof âplanting hopeââhelps a mother and daughter reconnect and revive the sense of groundedness that had been lost within their relationship and themselves. . . . [Orchard House] deftly [captures] the love, laughter, trials and tears that make motherhood the joy and job it truly is.ââAmerican Way
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âHonest and moving . . . [the story of] one womanâs initiation into intensive gardening with her mother, which changed a neglected space into something beautiful and bountiful and shifted their relationship as well.ââKirkus Reviews
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âFascinating, tender, often heartbreaking . . . The perfect gift for a mother or a daughter with an appreciation for the transformative power of gardening.ââHGTV Gardens
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âA wise exploration of family roots . . . Nurturing a garden is a lovely metaphor for healing a family. . . . [Orchard House] could serve as a handbook for both.ââShelf Awareness
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âWith buoyant grace and empathic insights, Weaver offers an ardent tribute to both the science of perseverance and the art of letting go.ââBooklist
âThis is a glorious bookâlyrical, honest, compassionate, and wise. It reminds us that gardens and families are messy businesses, but from them we can harvest hope and food and moments of grace.ââErica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients
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âFilled with sensuous descriptions, this beguiling story enchants. Gardeners and non-gardeners alike will delight in this lyrical tale of how a garden grows a family.ââDiana Abu-Jaber, author of The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise
âOrchard House is a glorious and deeply moving story of one familyâs redemption. If Anne Lamott and Wendell Berry ever had a literary love child, Tara Austen Weaver might well be her.ââElissa Altman, author of Poor Manâs Feast
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Peeling paint, stained floors, vined-over windows, a neglected and wild gardenâTara Austen Weaver canât get the Seattle real estate listing out of her head. Any sane person would have seen the abandoned property for what it was: a ramshackle half-acre filled with dead grass, blackberry vines, and trouble. But Tara sees potential and promiseânot only for the edible bounty the garden could yield for her family, but for the personal renewal she and her mother might reap along the way.
Â
So begins Orchard House, a story of rehabilitation and cultivationâof land and soul. Through bleak winters, springs that sputter with rain and cold, golden days of summer, and autumns full of apples, pears, and pumpkins, this evocative memoir recounts the Weaversâ trials and triumphs, detailing what grew and what didnât, the obstacles overcome and the lessons learned. Inexorably, as mother and daughter tend this wild patch and the fruits of their labor begin to flourish, green shoots of hope emerge from the darkness of their past.
Â
For everyone who has ever planted something that they wished would surviveâor tried to mend something that seemed forever brokenâOrchard House is a tale of healing and growth set in a most unlikely place.
Praise for Orchard House
Â
âThis touching memoir chronicles how the act of transforming a garden togetherâof âplanting hopeââhelps a mother and daughter reconnect and revive the sense of groundedness that had been lost within their relationship and themselves. . . . [Orchard House] deftly [captures] the love, laughter, trials and tears that make motherhood the joy and job it truly is.ââAmerican Way
Â
âHonest and moving . . . [the story of] one womanâs initiation into intensive gardening with her mother, which changed a neglected space into something beautiful and bountiful and shifted their relationship as well.ââKirkus Reviews
Â
âFascinating, tender, often heartbreaking . . . The perfect gift for a mother or a daughter with an appreciation for the transformative power of gardening.ââHGTV Gardens
Â
âA wise exploration of family roots . . . Nurturing a garden is a lovely metaphor for healing a family. . . . [Orchard House] could serve as a handbook for both.ââShelf Awareness
Â
âWith buoyant grace and empathic insights, Weaver offers an ardent tribute to both the science of perseverance and the art of letting go.ââBooklist
âThis is a glorious bookâlyrical, honest, compassionate, and wise. It reminds us that gardens and families are messy businesses, but from them we can harvest hope and food and moments of grace.ââErica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients
Â
âFilled with sensuous descriptions, this beguiling story enchants. Gardeners and non-gardeners alike will delight in this lyrical tale of how a garden grows a family.ââDiana Abu-Jaber, author of The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise
âOrchard House is a glorious and deeply moving story of one familyâs redemption. If Anne Lamott and Wendell Berry ever had a literary love child, Tara Austen Weaver might well be her.ââElissa Altman, author of Poor Manâs Feast
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from Ballantine Books (March 31, 2015)
9780345548078 | details & prices | 284 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $26.00
About: For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves.
About: For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves.
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