Why Women Grow : Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent

Why Women Grow : Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice VincentLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON FICTIONTHE TIMES WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST, RHS, GARDENS ILLUSTRATED and moreWomen have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that: to understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them,

Needless to say the newcomers' make a few enemies in their quest to change the status quo and when one body is discovered in the Victorian stumpery and a second

the little alleyways were deserted

he shows how we can use these tools to tell better stories - and make sense of our chaotic modern world

Describing the latest discoveries in astrophysics

8 page colour plate section and line drawings thoughout

'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express

But the war brings people together in unexpected ways

which often feels as if from Austen's own pen

Not that she plans to mention it

But with Oona beside him

'Thrums with authenticity' The Times'Powerful

thought-provoking and full