{"product_id":"green-thoughts-a-writer-in-the-garden-paperback","title":"Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleanor Perenyi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAllen Lacy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unlike any other gardening book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication.\"--Brooke Astor, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic in the literature of the garden, \u003ci\u003eGreen Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from \"Annuals\" and \"Artichokes\" to \"Weeds\" and \"Wildflowers.\" An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Per nyi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informed opinion, historical insight, and philosophical musing. There are entries in praise of earthworms and in protest of rock gardens, a treatise on the sexual politics of tending plants, and a paean to the salubrious effect of gardening (see \"Longevity\" ). Twenty years after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eGreen Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e remains as much a joy to read as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Allen Lacy, former gardening columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of numerous gardening books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You do not have to be a good gardener to fall in love with \u003ci\u003eGreen Thoughts. \u003c\/i\u003eIt reads with the intrepid assurance of a classic.\"--Mary McCarthy, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of those dangerous reference works that you reach for at a moment of horticultural crisis or indecision only to find yourself an hour later browsing far beyond the page where you began.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic in the literature of the garden, \"Green Thoughts is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from \"Annuals\" and \"Artichokes\" to \"Weeds\" and \"Wildflowers.\" An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perenyi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informed opinion, historical insight, and philosophical musing. There are entries in praise of earthworms and in protest of rock gardens, a treatise on the sexual politics of tending plants, and a paean to the salubrious effect of gardening (see \"Longevity\"). Twenty years after its initial publication, \"Green Thoughts remains as much a joy to read as ever. \u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Allen Lacy, former gardening columnist for \"The Wall Street Journal and \"The New York Times and the author of numerous gardening books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Perényi\u003c\/b\u003e was for many years the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, an editor at \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. She is the author of a biography of Franz Liszt, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eMore Was Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of her marriage to a Hungarian baron. She lives on the Connecticut coast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Botany of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Pollan chose the books for the Modern Library Gardening series because, as he writes, \"these writers are some of the great talkers in the rich, provocative, and frequently uproarious conversation that, metaphorically at least, has been taking place over the back fence of our gardens at least since the time of Pliny.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52593478533427,"sku":"9780375759451","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cjAzL3U5dG02RXJQRnpXUk1VMUcydz09.webp?v=1761699345","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/green-thoughts-a-writer-in-the-garden-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}