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Why Women Grow

Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival

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Why Women Grow

By: Alice Vincent
Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
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AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2023

A STYLIST NONFICTION MUST-READ FOR 2023

A SUNDAY TIMES GARDENING BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 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.

©2023 Alice Vincent (P)2023 Canongate Books Biological Sciences Botany & Plants Outdoors & Nature Science Women Gardening Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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I devoured this book, would highly recommend to anyone with or without an interest in the garden.

Beautifully written and thought provoking..

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Really enjoyable to listen to. The stories are varied and personal. Very well written and performed

beautiful

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I love the thread of this book, the social and cultural histories and the 'nows'. And I love the women and their honesty. All very beautiful. Thank you.

Moving ...

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Beautifully written and relatable to any woman growing up who loves gardening or seeks nature for safety.

Relatable

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Luxuriate in the stories of women’s rebellions in their green spaces.

Written with an elegance and eloquence that endeavours to give safe spaces for women’s experiences through the earth; planting, growing, nurturing, and living the messy experiences of life through each garden.

If you love the natural world and want to feel more deeply connected to it through the stories of others, this book will take you through both the tender and the visceral.

Having lived in South East London for many of the past 10 years, it was a particular joy for me to hear of her tales of gardens and women so close to a place I know so well.

How women turn their complexity over in the earth

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Paints delicate and intricate portraits of dozens of quietly inspirational women, interwoven with Alice's own story. By the end of it you can't help but pick up a trowel and start sowing some seeds.

If you enjoyed Lisa Taddeo's Three Women or you have even the slightest interest in gardening, you'll love this. The accompanying podcast is well worth a listen too!

Wonderful book, beautifully narrated.

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So many amazing stories interwoven. People, gardens and emotions, life really, beautifully considered and described

Just brilliant

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An amazing collection of stories, coupled with the authors musings. I listened in my garden, feeling even more grateful to have one. Powerful and moving.

Beautiful

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A secret garden of stories lovingly unearthed by Alice Vincent, nurtured and brought back to life with compassion. Beautifully written and wonderfully inspiring. The narrator perfectly captures the essence of the words. A highly engaging read.

A secret garden of stories

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I did not expect to cry listening to this book but I did. Beautifully written and expertly researched. Elegantly weaving the stories of women’s lives within the wider cultural narratives we live within. I felt deeply seen and part of something bigger that is often not truly seen - womanhood. Intelligent and soul warming storytelling at its best. I can’t wait to listen again. Thank you for this beautiful book. It’s a treasure I didn’t know I needed. I’ve been buying it for friends already.

Beautiful and real

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