Uprooting From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Garden
- 3 Aug 2023
- 9781838858674
- £16.99
- 288 pp
- 144×220mm
- 1 Aug 2024
- 9781838858704
- £10.99
- 288 pp
- 129×198mm
- 3 Aug 2023
- 9781838858681
- £8.79
- 288 pp
- 3 Aug 2023
- 9781838858698
- £25
- 8 hrs 50 min
In a few words
Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, moving between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden, this lyrical and reflective book is about the search for home
In a few words
Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, this lyrical book moves between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden as it grapples with big questions about what we call home
In a few words
Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, this lyrical book moves between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden as it grapples with big questions about what we call home
In a few words
Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, moving between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden, this lyrical and reflective book is about the search for home
A beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace
Katherine May
A tender book, raw in some parts . . . Farrell generously shows the reader the value of openness, considering what we have to learn from other people and species
Amanda Thomson
Times Literary SupplementA beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace
Katherine May
A tender book, raw in some parts . . . Farrell generously shows the reader the value of openness, considering what we have to learn from other people and species
Amanda Thomson
Times Literary SupplementA beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace
Katherine May
A tender book, raw in some parts . . . Farrell generously shows the reader the value of openness, considering what we have to learn from other people and species
Amanda Thomson
Times Literary SupplementA beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace
Katherine May
A tender book, raw in some parts . . . Farrell generously shows the reader the value of openness, considering what we have to learn from other people and species
Amanda Thomson
Times Literary SupplementMore about
the book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
A COUNTRYFILE CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOK
What is home?
It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she uprooted again, this time for the peaceful English countryside.
The only Black woman in her village, Marchelle hopes to grow a new life. But when a worldwide pandemic and a global racial reckoning collide, the upheaval of colonialism that has led her to this place begins to be unearthed. Is this really home? And can she ever feel truly grounded here?
Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine this complex and emotional question through the psychotherapeutic lens of her work. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised.
Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land – and ourselves.
More about
the book
WINNER OF THE NAN SHEPHERD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
A BOOKSHOP.ORG NATURAL HISTORY GIFT BOOK
What is home? It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago she left Trinidad and now, uprooted once again, she heads to the peaceful English countryside – the only Black woman in her village.
Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine the complex and emotional question of home in the context of colonialism. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised. Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land – and ourselves.
More about
the book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
What is home? It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago she left Trinidad and now, uprooted once again, she heads to the peaceful English countryside – the only Black woman in her village.
Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine the complex and emotional question of home in the context of colonialism. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised. Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land – and ourselves.
More about
the book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
What is home? It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago she left Trinidad and now, uprooted once again, she heads to the peaceful English countryside – the only Black woman in her village.
Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine the complex and emotional question of home in the context of colonialism. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised. Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land – and ourselves.
Glistening . . . This book will change how we speak of gardens, land and identity in myriad ways. An exquisite love letter [and] a rallying call
Uprooting is a potent hymn to the importance of home and a deeply thoughtful offering on what our gardens can be
Alice Vincent
A wonderful book
Stunning . . . The power of [Farrell’s] prose, her skilful observation and her uncanny ability to weave together science and spirituality comes alive in this memoir
Glistening . . . This book will change how we speak of gardens, land and identity in myriad ways. An exquisite love letter [and] a rallying call
Uprooting is a potent hymn to the importance of home and a deeply thoughtful offering on what our gardens can be
Alice Vincent
A wonderful book
Stunning . . . The power of [Farrell’s] prose, her skilful observation and her uncanny ability to weave together science and spirituality comes alive in this memoir
Glistening . . . This book will change how we speak of gardens, land and identity in myriad ways. An exquisite love letter [and] a rallying call
Uprooting is a potent hymn to the importance of home and a deeply thoughtful offering on what our gardens can be
Alice Vincent
A wonderful book
Stunning . . . The power of [Farrell’s] prose, her skilful observation and her uncanny ability to weave together science and spirituality comes alive in this memoir
Glistening . . . This book will change how we speak of gardens, land and identity in myriad ways. An exquisite love letter [and] a rallying call
Uprooting is a potent hymn to the importance of home and a deeply thoughtful offering on what our gardens can be
Alice Vincent
A wonderful book
Stunning . . . The power of [Farrell’s] prose, her skilful observation and her uncanny ability to weave together science and spirituality comes alive in this memoir
Marchelle Farrell
View profileMarchelle Farrell is a therapist, writer and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has spent the last twenty years attempting to become hardy in the UK. She has trained and worked as a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist. When not neglecting it for the care of her young children, or her work in the community, Marchelle spends much of her time getting to know her country garden in Somerset and writing about the things the garden teaches her about herself. Her debut Uprooting won the Nan Shepherd Prize.
@afroliage | marchellefarrell.com
Marchelle Farrell
View profileMarchelle Farrell is a therapist, writer and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has spent the last twenty years attempting to become hardy in the UK. She has trained and worked as a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist. When not neglecting it for the care of her young children, or her work in the community, Marchelle spends much of her time getting to know her country garden in Somerset and writing about the things the garden teaches her about herself. Her debut Uprooting won the Nan Shepherd Prize.
@afroliage | marchellefarrell.com
Marchelle Farrell
View profileMarchelle Farrell is a therapist, writer and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has spent the last twenty years attempting to become hardy in the UK. She has trained and worked as a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist. When not neglecting it for the care of her young children, or her work in the community, Marchelle spends much of her time getting to know her country garden in Somerset and writing about the things the garden teaches her about herself. Her debut Uprooting won the Nan Shepherd Prize.
@afroliage | marchellefarrell.com
Marchelle Farrell
View profileMarchelle Farrell is a therapist, writer and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has spent the last twenty years attempting to become hardy in the UK. She has trained and worked as a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist. When not neglecting it for the care of her young children, or her work in the community, Marchelle spends much of her time getting to know her country garden in Somerset and writing about the things the garden teaches her about herself. Her debut Uprooting won the Nan Shepherd Prize.
@afroliage | marchellefarrell.com
