A Victory Garden for Trying Times (eBook)

Debi Goodwin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
256 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-4507-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A compelling and intimate reflection on love and grief and ordinary things that comfort and sustain us."e; - Alison Smith, award-winning journalistEver since her childhood on a Niagara farm, Debi has dug in the dirt to find resilience. But when her husband, Peter, was diagnosed with cancer in November, it was too late in the season to seek solace in her garden. With idle hands and a fearful mind, she sought something to sustain her through the months ahead. She soon came across Victory Gardens the vegetable gardens cultivated during the world wars that sustained so many.During an anxious winter, she researched, drew plans, and ordered seeds. In spring, with Peter in remission, her garden thrived and life got back on track. But when Peter's cancer returned like a killing frost, the garden was a reminder that everything must come to an end.A Victory Garden for Trying Times is a personal journey of love, loss, and healing through the natural cycles of the earth.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Schlagworte: Cancer • cancer treatments • CBC • Father and daughters • Gardening • Grief • Grimsby, Ontario • healing through nature • Juravinski Cancer Centre • Love • mothers and daughters • Niagara-on-the Lake • Niagara Peninsula • Peter Kavanagh • Resilience • seasonal cycles • th • vegetable growing • Victory Garden History
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-4507-8 / 1459745078
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-4507-0 / 9781459745070