{"product_id":"a-gardener-at-the-end-margot-anne-kelley-9781567927344","title":"A Gardener at the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gardener's pandemic journal that combines memoir with an exploration of the natural world both inside and outside the garden.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March 2020, Margot Anne Kelley was watching seeds germinate in her greenhouse. At high risk from illness, the planning, planting, and tending to seedlings took on extra significance. She set out to make her pandemic garden thrive but also to better understand the very nature of seeds and viruses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs seeds became seedlings, became plants, became food, Kelley looks back over the last few millennia as successions of pandemics altered human beings and global culture. Seeds and viruses serve as springboards for wide-ranging reflections, such as their shared need for someone to transport them, the centrality of movement to being alive, and the domestication of plants as an act of becoming co-dependent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePandemic viruses only occurred through humankind's settling down, taking up agriculture, and giving up a nomadic life. And yet it's the garden that now provides a refuge and a source of life, inspiration, and hope. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gardener at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores questions of what we can preserve--of history, genetic biodiversity, culture, language--and what we cannot. It is for any reader curious about the overlap of nature, science, and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot Anne Kelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567927343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567927344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 6","brand":"Margot Anne Kelley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44761468829951,"sku":"9781567927344","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23ce2815-2653-4964-b896-291c778b6eed.jpg?v=1706681406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-gardener-at-the-end-margot-anne-kelley-9781567927344","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}