Growing Seasons - Softcover

"Fabulous, funny, irreverent, and moving." "This is the book Anne Lamott might have written had she become engaged and gotten into gardening." "This journal of a comically obsessed gardener chronicles not only plantings, prunings and what 'went bust' but also the emotional divagations of a hip New Yorker transplanted to California."

For Annie Spiegelman, motherhood is a full-time job. The hours are long, the pay is lousy, and the recognition is almost nil. Then, during her son's second year, her mother, with whom she has always had a tempestuous relationship, becomes ill. In this wonderfully wry and touching collection of journal entries written to her son, Spiegelman chronicles her insights, insecurities, joy, and confusion about family and parenthood. While her son is going on his second, hell-raising year and her mother's illness is making her increasingly dependent, Annie also deals with the surprising difficulty of becoming a Master Gardener and her changing relationship with her husband. Finally, Growing Seasons is a celebration of family in all its comfort and complexity. "