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Paradise Under Glass: The Education of an Indoor Gardener
Ruth Kassinger
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Description for Paradise Under Glass: The Education of an Indoor Gardener
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061547768
SKU
V9780061547768
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Ref
99-15
About Ruth Kassinger
Ruth Kassinger is the author of Paradise Under Glass, as well as a number of award-winning science and history books for young adults. She has written for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Health magazine, Science Weekly, and other publications.
Reviews for Paradise Under Glass: The Education of an Indoor Gardener
"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. " ... Read more