Reviews of “The Way of a Gardener”
 The Way of a Gardener“If you're an old hand at gardening, you'll appreciate the rich, loamy philosophizing in Des Kennedy's memoir. His life is a winding vine, with roots in the Beat poetry world of New York that blossom into a bucolic farmer's life on B.C.'s Gulf Islands. If that sounds too sappy, have no fear. Kennedy is a lot more funny...than preachy.” Tyee.ca, Jun 18, 2010 Read more >>Read more about The Way of a Gardener >> |
The Way of a Gardener“This engrossing memoir charts beloved garden writer Kennedy’s strict Irish-Catholic childhood in Britain to a countrified adult existence in Gulf Islands, BC...An accomplished novelist—thrice-nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour—Kennedy broaches topics like Aboriginal rights and the devilish obscenity of a billy goat at stud.” Toronto Star, Apr 17, 2010 Read more >>Read more about The Way of a Gardener >> |