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Zusatztext Vincent's story is being held up as a guidebook to the millennial generation's fascination with plants, but it's more than that . . . Beautifully composed . . . A prescient pre-Covid-19 account of how unsatisfactory a life disconnected from nature can be Informationen zum Autor Alice Vincent is a writer. She is the author of four books, including Why Women Grow and Rootbound: Rewilding a Life , both longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as 'Books of the Year' by the Financial Times , Independent , Stylist and others. Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and writes for titles including Vogue , Financial Times and the Sunday Times . She writes savour , a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London. @alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily Klappentext 'Breathtakingly beautiful' i 'Tender and wholehearted' Helen Jukes LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, I and GARDENS ILLUSTRATED 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. Vorwort From the founder of Noughticulture, Rootbound explores how a whole new generation are discovering the power of plants Zusammenfassung From the founder of Noughticulture, Rootbound explores how a whole new generation are discovering the power of plants...
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Alice Vincent is a writer. She is the author of four books, including Why Women Grow and Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, both longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as 'Books of the Year' by the Financial Times, Independent, Stylist and others. Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and writes for titles including Vogue, Financial Times and the Sunday Times. She writes savour, a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London.
@alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily
