Why Women Grow Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival
- 2 Mar 2023
- 9781838855437
- £17.99
- 304 pp
- 144×220mm
- 2 May 2024
- 9781838855468
- £10.99
- 304 pp
- 130×196mm
- 2 Mar 2023
- 9781838855444
- £8.79
- 304 pp
- 2 Mar 2023
- 9781838855451
- £25
- 7 hrs 40 min
In a few words
A stunning meditation on why women are drawn to the soil, featuring contributions from Ali Smith, Hazel Gardiner and Cosey Fanni Tutti
In a few words
Twice Wainwright Prize-longlisted author Alice Vincent offers a stunning meditation on why women are drawn to the soil, featuring contributions from Ali Smith, Hazel Gardiner and Cosey Fanni Tutti
In a few words
Twice Wainwright Prize-longlisted author Alice Vincent offers a stunning meditation on why women are drawn to the soil, featuring contributions from Ali Smith, Hazel Gardiner and Cosey Fanni Tutti
In a few words
A stunning meditation on why women are drawn to the soil, featuring contributions from Ali Smith, Hazel Gardiner and Cosey Fanni Tutti
Above all, this is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance and tenacity of women . . . full of restless curiosity about gardening, life, the longing for meaning, and the simple yet quietly feminist act of creating a space for yourself
Why Women Grow shows the beauty and grit of tending the soil in difficult times
Katherine May
Above all, this is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance and tenacity of women . . . full of restless curiosity about gardening, life, the longing for meaning, and the simple yet quietly feminist act of creating a space for yourself
Why Women Grow shows the beauty and grit of tending the soil in difficult times
Katherine May
Above all, this is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance and tenacity of women . . . full of restless curiosity about gardening, life, the longing for meaning, and the simple yet quietly feminist act of creating a space for yourself
Why Women Grow shows the beauty and grit of tending the soil in difficult times
Katherine May
Above all, this is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance and tenacity of women . . . full of restless curiosity about gardening, life, the longing for meaning, and the simple yet quietly feminist act of creating a space for yourself
Why Women Grow shows the beauty and grit of tending the soil in difficult times
Katherine May
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPION AWARDS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
THE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
A RHS TOP 10 GARDENING BOOK TO GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS
A GARDENS ILLUSTRATED BEST BOOK FOR 2023
Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil.
Why Women Grow is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women’s lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance.
Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others.
More about
the book
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
THE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST, RHS, GARDENS ILLUSTRATED and more
Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that: to understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil and to understand women’s lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them.
Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others.
More about
the book
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
THE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST, RHS, GARDENS ILLUSTRATED and more
Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that: to understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil and to understand women’s lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them.
Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others.
More about
the book
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPION AWARDS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
THE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2023
A STYLIST NONFICTION MUST-READ FOR 2023
Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil.
Why Women Grow is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women’s lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance.
Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others.
A poignant exploration of the relationship between healing and growing, and the power and mystery of nature
A thoughtful and beautifully written book, full of insights into life and nature. Vincent weaves women’s garden stories together with the need to understand her own feelings about identity and the idea of motherhood
Alice Vincent delves into what it is that makes women want to garden, uncovering what drives the urge to sow seeds and nurture plants, and by doing so goes on her own journey of discovery
A conversational odyssey from a Canary Wharf balcony to Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s hangout, and a windswept smallholding in Denmark. Why Women Grow is the splendid-looking account of these encounters. The narrative unfurls like a vagabond anthology of potted biographies, confessions jostling alongside social commentary . . . If you enjoy window-shopping other people’s lives, you’ll relish this staggeringly diverse array of individuals. Vincent’s affection for her subject is infectious
A poignant exploration of the relationship between healing and growing, and the power and mystery of nature
A thoughtful and beautifully written book, full of insights into life and nature. Vincent weaves women’s garden stories together with the need to understand her own feelings about identity and the idea of motherhood
Alice Vincent delves into what it is that makes women want to garden, uncovering what drives the urge to sow seeds and nurture plants, and by doing so goes on her own journey of discovery
A conversational odyssey from a Canary Wharf balcony to Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s hangout, and a windswept smallholding in Denmark. Why Women Grow is the splendid-looking account of these encounters. The narrative unfurls like a vagabond anthology of potted biographies, confessions jostling alongside social commentary . . . If you enjoy window-shopping other people’s lives, you’ll relish this staggeringly diverse array of individuals. Vincent’s affection for her subject is infectious
A poignant exploration of the relationship between healing and growing, and the power and mystery of nature
A thoughtful and beautifully written book, full of insights into life and nature. Vincent weaves women’s garden stories together with the need to understand her own feelings about identity and the idea of motherhood
Alice Vincent delves into what it is that makes women want to garden, uncovering what drives the urge to sow seeds and nurture plants, and by doing so goes on her own journey of discovery
A conversational odyssey from a Canary Wharf balcony to Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s hangout, and a windswept smallholding in Denmark. Why Women Grow is the splendid-looking account of these encounters. The narrative unfurls like a vagabond anthology of potted biographies, confessions jostling alongside social commentary . . . If you enjoy window-shopping other people’s lives, you’ll relish this staggeringly diverse array of individuals. Vincent’s affection for her subject is infectious
A poignant exploration of the relationship between healing and growing, and the power and mystery of nature
A thoughtful and beautifully written book, full of insights into life and nature. Vincent weaves women’s garden stories together with the need to understand her own feelings about identity and the idea of motherhood
Alice Vincent delves into what it is that makes women want to garden, uncovering what drives the urge to sow seeds and nurture plants, and by doing so goes on her own journey of discovery
A conversational odyssey from a Canary Wharf balcony to Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s hangout, and a windswept smallholding in Denmark. Why Women Grow is the splendid-looking account of these encounters. The narrative unfurls like a vagabond anthology of potted biographies, confessions jostling alongside social commentary . . . If you enjoy window-shopping other people’s lives, you’ll relish this staggeringly diverse array of individuals. Vincent’s affection for her subject is infectious
Alice Vincent
View profileAlice Vincent is a journalist and the author of three books, including Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as one of the books of 2020 by the Financial Times and the Independent. A self-taught gardener, Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman and writes for titles including Vogue and the Financial Times. She writes savour, a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London.
@alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily
Alice Vincent
View profileAlice Vincent is a journalist and the author of three books, including Why Women Grow and Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, both longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as a ‘Book of the Year’ by the Financial Times, Independent, Stylist and others. A self-taught gardener, Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and Gardens Illustrated and writes for titles including the Sunday Times, Observer, Vogue, New Statesman and Telegraph. She writes savour, a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London.
@alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily
Alice Vincent
View profileAlice Vincent is a journalist and the author of three books, including Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as one of the books of 2020 by the Financial Times and the Independent. A self-taught gardener, Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman and writes for titles including Vogue and the Financial Times. She writes savour, a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London.
@alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily
Alice Vincent
View profileAlice Vincent is a journalist and the author of three books, including Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as one of the books of 2020 by the Financial Times and the Independent. A self-taught gardener, Alice is a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman and writes for titles including Vogue and the Financial Times. She writes savour, a newsletter dedicated to the delicious things in life, and hosts the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts. She lives in South London.
@alicevincentwrites | @alice_emily
