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Publisher: Canongate
Author: Alice Vincent
ISBN: 9781786897725
Year: 2020
Format: Paperback
Nature, Nonfiction
Rootbound
by
Alice Vincent
Rootbound by
Alice Vincent
Reviews
"A book about heartbreak, salvation, nature and balcony gardens… Alice Vincent mixes memoir with botanical history to explore how plants can heal us."
Huffington Post
Summary
When she suddenly finds herself uprooted, heartbroken, grieving and living out of a suitcase in her late twenties, Alice Vincent begins planting seeds. She nurtures pot plants and vines on windowsills and draining boards, filling her many temporary London homes with green. As the months pass, and with each unfurling petal and budding leaf, she begins to come back to life.
Mixing memoir, botanical history and biography, Rootbound examines how bringing a little bit of the outside in can help us find our feet in a world spinning far too fast.