Life in the garden /
by Lively, Penelope.
Material type:
BookPublisher: UK : Fig Tree, 2017Description: 199 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780241319628 (hbk.) :; 0241319625 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 635.092 LIVSubject(s): Lively, Penelope, 1933- -- Homes and haunts | Gardening | Gardens in literature | Gardening | GardeningSummary: Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's garden in a sloping Somerset field, then two successive Oxfordshire gardens of her own, and the smaller urban garden in the North London home she lives in today. It is also a wise, engaging and far-ranging exploration of gardens in literature, from 'Paradise Lost' to 'Alice in Wonderland', and of writers and their gardens, from Virginia Woolf to Philip Larkin.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 635.092 LIV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002952210X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 635.092 LIV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002951962X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 635.092 LIV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002952209X |
Includes index.
Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's garden in a sloping Somerset field, then two successive Oxfordshire gardens of her own, and the smaller urban garden in the North London home she lives in today. It is also a wise, engaging and far-ranging exploration of gardens in literature, from 'Paradise Lost' to 'Alice in Wonderland', and of writers and their gardens, from Virginia Woolf to Philip Larkin.
There are no comments on this title.