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Syndicated eco-columnist and Master Gardener Annie Spiegelman offers practical tips on organic gardening, composting and planting along with guidance and gripes on marriage, motherhood and that so-called 'having it all.' As your cynically optimistic horticultural host, Spiegelman offers positive reinforcement and moral support from a gardener who's made all the mistakes, and has lived to tell how to make peace with snails, fungi, bacteria and...your boyfriend. |
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| Praise
for Annie’s Garden Journal
“This journal of a comically obsessed gardener
chronicles not only plantings, prunings and what ‘went bust’
but also the emotional divagations of a hip New Yorker transplanted
to California . . . . [Spiegelman] writes knowingly of the travails
of responsible adulthood in a way that is appealing to women.” |
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“This is the book Anne Lamott might have written had she become engaged and gotten into gardening.” –-Pacific Sun “Call it unorthodox or label it irreverent; by any standard, Spiegelman's garden journal is decidedly unconventional. . . . Annie's sassy, cynical veneer scarcely conceals a fervent enthusiasm for life's most essential elements.” –-Booklist “Fabulous, funny, irreverent, and moving.” –-Dr.
Christiane Northrup, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s
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Praise for Growing Seasons “Raising a child is the hardest job on the planet. Attempting to raise a conscious son, given our culture, is even more challenging. Keeping one's sense of humor and irony is essential. In Growing Seasons, new mom and master gardener Annie Spiegelman manages to do all of the above and report back regularly. The result is an honest, funny and endearing book that I highly recommend.” -–Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom |
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“In journal entries written to her young son,
Jack, Spiegelman characterizes the balancing act that is daily life
for a thoughtful, caring, contemporary woman. . . . [R]eaders will
find the refreshingly zany writing to be compelling as Spiegelman
muses on becoming a master gardener, and rides the turbulent yet
joyful waves of first-time motherhood. . . . Curl up and enjoy copious
doses of humor, but be prepared to experience the complexity of
emotions surrounding a formidable, unqualifiedly colorful parent,
not to mention the commotion a marriage undergoes after a child
arrives. Spiegelman is a writer to watch.” --Booklist |
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| The Dirt Diva's Almanac offers lively, irreverent and practical instruction on coast-to-coast gardening from a cynically optimistic Master Gardener, syndicated columnist and recovering New Yorker. Her unorthodox and defiant style make Bay-Area writer and eco-gardening columnist Annie Spiegelman the preferred Horticultural Host!
A fun and fearless voice has come to attract a whole new generation of women, girlfriends, moms, new homeowners and of course, divas, to the joy of working in nature. With a spirited tone, mixed with equal parts effervescence and human wrecking ball, she influences and encourages her readers towards making an ethical commitment to the environment right there in their own backyard.
As Annie recommends, "You don't always have to agree with me. Just do what I say!"
"Beautifully combining passion, humor, and a deep rooted care for the planet - Spiegelman is the organic femme fatale. She understands the importance of our own back yards to build a better future, one shovel full of compost at a time."
-–Helge Hellberg, Executive Director, Marin Organic, CA |
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Media/Press: For more information about Annie or her books, contact Fredrica Friedman Literary Agency info@fredricafriedman.com or 212.829.9600 |
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