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Readers
77/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Meir Shalev, Joanna Chen
Publisher:
Schocken Books Inc
Date:
March 31, 2020
On the perimeter of Israelâs Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden. The author extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the JerusalemâTel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole-rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives.
What The Reviewers Say
A nurturer of plants who is careful not to waste even a single seed and mourns the death of a tree, Shalev is a lyrical stylist and philosopher who writes with passion and humor. Drawings by Shir enhance the text.
An agreeable set of essays in which gardening teaches perspective and the rewards of hard work.
Shalev endears in this delightful memoir cum gardening guide.
