Leon Whiteson

  A GARDEN STORY
       
 

A GARDEN STORY
Nature and Outdoors
184 pages
Paper, $10.95
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  “More than other offerings, A Garden Story speaks to the garderner's reason for being.”
The Christian Science Monitor

“Whiteson elegantly turns the transformation of his backyard into metaphor and memoir, seamlessly enhanced by his newly acquired gardening lore.… One of those rare books about gardening that encourages rather than intimidates.”
Kirkus Reviews

“In [Whiteson's] case both life and garden are eccentric, colorful, and full of fascination for the reader, even perhaps for one indifferent to gardening.”
San Francisco Chronicle

“Nongardeners can appreciate this book, and gardeners will be delighted by it.”
Publishers Weekly

A Garden Story is a tribute to both the experimental nature of gardening and of life.... Leon Whiteson's garden lingers in the mind because it grew from the heart. His 'garden story' is emotional, immediate, and rich.”
— Susan Heeger, Los Angeles Times

       
    LEON WHITESON, both architect and novelist, was born in Zimbabwe and has lived in England, Spain, Greece, and Canada. He has published several novels in England and Canada and four books on architecture. He now lives in Hollywood, California, with his wife, Aviva, and writes fiction and architecture criticism for the Los Angeles Times, in between tending his garden.