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Paradise under Glass : An Amateur Creates a Conservatory Garden by Ruth Kassinger (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061547743
ISBN-139780061547744
eBay Product ID (ePID)74228255
Product Key Features
Book TitleParadise under Glass : an Amateur Creates a Conservatory Garden
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicSociology / General, Greenhouses, Personal Memoirs, General, Essays & Narratives
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Gardening
AuthorRuth Kassinger
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-045875
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThe book [PARADISE UNDER GLASS] vividly chronicles her [Kassinger's] initiation into the world of indoor gardening as well as the fascinating and unlikely histories of greenhouses and the flamboyant gardens they have housed…The characters Kassinger encounters, literarily and in the flesh, are as quirky as their plants.…Kassinger's lush writing and exotic stories will delight the armchair gardener and historian. , The book [PARADISE UNDER GLASS] vividly chronicles her [Kassinger s] initiation into the world of indoor gardening as well as the fascinating and unlikely histories of greenhouses and the flamboyant gardens they have housed The characters Kassinger encounters, literarily and in the flesh, are as quirky as their plants. Kassinger s lush writing and exotic stories will delight the armchair gardener and historian.
Dewey Decimal635/.0483
SynopsisParadise Under Glass is a witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Ruth Kassinger's wonderful story of the unique way she chose to cope with the profound changes in her life--a book that will delight readers of Eat, Pray, Love and I Feel Bad About My Neck--is interwoven with the fascinating history of conservatories from the Renaissance orangeries to the glass palaces of Kew., Paradise Under Glass is a witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Ruth Kassinger's wonderful story of the unique way she chose to cope with the profound changes in her life--a book that will delight readers of Eat, Pray, Love and I Feel Bad About My Neck --is interwoven with the fascinating history of conservatories from the Renaissance orangeries to the glass palaces of Kew., Paradise Under Glass is a witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Ruth Kassinger's wonderful story of the unique way she chose to cope with the profound changes in her life-a book that will delight readers of Eat, Pray, Love and I Feel Bad About My Neck-is interwoven with the fascinating history of conservatories from the Renaissance orangeries to the glass palaces of Kew.
LC Classification NumberNA8360.K375 2010
