A Full Life in a Small Place and Other Essays from a Desert Garden
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Book Overview
The frustrations and pleasures of gardening are evident; its implications for life are more subtle, lurking under a leaf or buried in a compost pile. Janice Emily Bowers senses these implications, and communicates them as only a fine writer can. In A Full Life in a Small Place, she shows how backyard gardening opens up a broader appreciation of both life and living. Her observations on organic gardening inspire further meditations on nature and wildlife, and demonstrate how gardens both complicate and enrich our lives. In their entirety, these sixteen essays ask how we shall live, and recognize that "before we can determine how, we need to find out why."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816513570
ISBN13:9780816513574
Release Date:December 1992
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:178 Pages
Weight:0.64 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
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One of my all-time favorite books
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A wonderful tome by Janice Emily Bowers. These essays combine gardening, ecology and self reflection with a wonderful use of vocabulary. Thoroughly enjoyable; definitely not a one-read book!
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