Paradise Under Glass: The Education of an Indoor Gardener - Brossura

Kassinger, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 006154776X ISBN 13: 9780061547768

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2014

Riassunto

Paradise Under Glass is a witty and absorbing memoir about one woman’s unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Ruth Kassinger’s wonderful story of the unique way she chose to cope with the profound changes in her life—a book that will delight readers of Eat, Pray, Love and I Feel Bad About My Neck—is interwoven with the fascinating history of conservatories from the Renaissance orangeries to the glass palaces of Kew.

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Recensione:

“The book [PARADISE UNDER GLASS] vividly chronicles her [Kassinger’s] initiation into the world of indoor gardening as well as the fascinating and unlikely histories of greenhouses and the flamboyant gardens they have housed...The characters Kassinger encounters, literarily and in the flesh, are as quirky as their plants....Kassinger’s lush writing and exotic stories will delight the armchair gardener and historian. ” (Publishers Weekly)

“A sumptuously written history of greenhouse horticulture.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Ms. Kassinger’s writing is chatty and intimate, but she has clearly done her library research.” (International Herald Tribune on Paradise Under Glass)

“Ms. Kassinger’s writing is chatty and intimate, but she has clearly done her library research.” (New York Times Book Review)

L'autore:

Ruth Kassinger is the author of a number of award-winning science and history books for young adults. In addition, her science and health writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Health magazine, Science Weekly, and other publications. She has written for the National Portrait Gallery, the World Bank, the Government Accountability Office, and the Carnegie Endowment, among others. She lives with her husband, Ted, outside Washington D.C., in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 006154776X
• ISBN 13: 9780061547768
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 347