Amazon Editorial Review:
Believed by many to be one of the finest poets of his generation, Patrick Lane is also a passionate gardener. He lives on Vancouver Island, a place of uncommon beauty, where the climate is mild, the air is soft, and the growing season lasts nearly all year long.

Lane has gardened for as long as he can remember, and sees his garden’s life as intertwined with his own. And when he gave up drinking, after years of addiction, he found solace and healing in tending to his yard. In this exquisitely written memoir, he relates stories of his hard early life in the context of the landscape he’s created. As he observes the seasonal changes, a plant or a bird or the way a tree bends in the wind brings to mind an episode from his storied past.

Lane writes evocative descriptions of the animals, birds, insects, and plants that are his garden, and of the relationship he has to them all. Accompany Lane as he wanders his garden, where botanical “madeleines” release in him a flood of memory.

I actually liked this book, even though I am not a gardener. I saw his garden as his place of healing after so much trauma in his early years and after his forty-five years of alcoholism. This was written in his early months of sobriety and after six months in a treatment centre.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Will release at bookcrossing meet-up tonight.

Have just started reading this. The writing is wonderful so far

Taking this to Meetup. Why not join us for coffee and more. We'll be here till 8:30 probably. Books not taken will be left by the front door.