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The Morville Hours (2008)

by Katherine Swift(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0747592586 (ISBN13: 9780747592587)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

review 1: A beautifully written book about the creation of a garden in Morville, Shropshire, but so much more than that! Written in the style of a Book of Hours and divided into chapters entitled Matins, Terce, None, etc it touches on what is happening in the garden and surrounding countryside during each season of the year, compares and contrasts it with Medieval times and also includes autobiographical content. The prose is as lush as her abundant garden and is full of spiritual inspiration without being at all 'preachy' - truly uplifting.
review 2: Probably my favourite of all non-fiction books published in recent years. It's neither a gardening book, history, nor personal memoir, but all of these. The various strands of genre harmonise to form a new way of writing ab... moreout place. The prose is bejewelled, as lyrical as it is knowledgeable.In a publishing culture that rewards productivity, it's worth noting that it took the author some fourteen years to write. less

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