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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden by Alexandra Risen (CD-Audio, 2016)

Alex's father dies just as she and her husband buy a ndescript house set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city. Choked with weeds and crumbling antique structures, the abandoned garden turned wild jungle stirs cherished memories of Alex's childhood; when her home life became unbearable, she would escape to the forest. In her new home, Alex can feel the power of the majestic trees that nurtured her in her youth. She begins to beat back the bushes to unveil the garden's mysteries. At the same time, her mother has a stroke and develops dementia and Alex discovers an envelope of yellowed documents while sorting through her father's junk pile. The papers hold clues to her Ukrainian born parents' mysterious past. She reluctantly musters the courage to uncover their secrets, while discovering the plants hidden in the garden - from primroses and maple syrup producing sugar maples to her mother's favorite, lily of the valley. As every passionate gardener kws, to spend time with the soil is the opposite of escapism; it is to embrace our own circle of life and hold it close.

Running Time
525
Narrator(s)
Hillary Huber
Author Biography
Alexandra Risenhas lived her life as a gradual migration from the northwestern prairies to the hilly southeast, all the while enjoying nature and increasingly warmer Plant Hardiness Zones. Unearthed is her first meditation on love, forgiveness, and our interconnectedness with nature.
Format
CD-Audio
Language
English
Author(s)
Alexandra Risen
Date of Publication
05/07/2016
Contained Items Statement
7 Audio Cds
Format Details
CD Standard Audio Format
Subject
Gardening
Imprint
Highbridge Audio
Country of Publication
United States

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