Spring rain

Hamer, Marc

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In ‘Spring Rain’ writer and gardener, Marc Hamer, now in his sixties, shares his path to contentment from difficult beginnings. Through the prism of family gardens, he reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up as adults. Growing up in a violent home, as a young boy Marc found solace and safety in his small back garden. In particular, in its shed, where he stumbled across an incomplete set of old encylopaedias. These books, and observing the plants and insects in his private kingdom, began his lifelong love of learning and openness to the world. Throughout his journey from youth to age, which included a period living homeless in the countryside, Marc has found the answers to life’s questions in the nature around him. This memoir, with line drawings by the author, encourages us back in tune with the natural world and offers both consolation and a guide to a happier life.

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Publish Date: 02/02/2023

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‘Infused with wisdom and a deep love of nature… a how-to book for finding peace of mind’ Saga

This is a story about the rain, a boy, an angry dog and a gardener, and how some of them find peace and freedom…

In Spring Rain, writer and gardener Marc Hamer shares his path from difficult beginnings to contentment, by way of family gardens.

As a young boy in a violent home, Marc found refuge in his small back garden. Here he kindled a lifelong love of nature and learning by observing the plants and insects in his private kingdom and reading the old encyclopaedias he found in the shed.

Marc has always found the answers to life’s questions in the natural world, whether as a child watching ants, as a young man living rough in the countryside, or as a professional gardener creating places of calm and restoration for others. Now in his sixties, he is finally creating a garden for himself, at his home in Cardiff. In this beautiful and moving memoir, he considers what he has learned, from the spring of youth to his autumn years, and reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up.

With line drawings by the author, Spring Rain encourages us back in tune with the natural world and offers both consolation and a guide to a happier life.

PRAISE FOR MARC HAMER:

‘Wisdom…patterned with Hamer’s gifts for observation, compression, and tone’ New Yorker

‘A sublime meditation on life, love, nature and family, woven with the wisdom of age gained through a life well lived’ Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell

‘Wholly original… on how to live, how to be calm and content with only a little, in a quietly humming garden’ Daily Mail

Additional information

Weight 363 g
Dimensions 204 × 138 × 21 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

228

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

635.092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K