{"product_id":"my-family-and-other-seedlings-lalage-snow-9781529428872","title":"My Family and Other Seedlings: A Year on a Dorset Allotment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tender but substantive family memoir' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few years ago Lally Snow moved to a Dorset village with her husband and three small children, having spent over a decade as a war photographer, foreign correspondent and film maker living in Kabul. She covered the conflict there as well as other wars from Gaza to Eastern Ukraine, and Iraq. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late winter of 2021-22, Lally decided to rent an allotment, despite having only a rudimentary knowledge of gardening. She was starting from scratch and setting herself the dual challenge of growing an allotment at the same time as growing a family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a heart-warming, wry and at times tearful account of Lally's travails as a mother and novice allotment holder, counterpointing horticultural progress with the perils of parenting. Along the way she reflects on the drudgery of English rural domesticity after a professional life chasing war and adventure, the history of the allotment since Saxon times, and the wonderful moment when gardening becomes fun rather than just feeding a family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lalage Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529428874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529428872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Lalage Snow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199235215615,"sku":"9781529428872","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81e9ff76-14c3-4944-912a-d0b085a86dbe.jpg?v=1727925454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-family-and-other-seedlings-lalage-snow-9781529428872","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}