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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 Talking Dirt "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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— Nell Newman, Co-founder and President of Newman’s Own Organics "Annie Spiegelman (AKA the Dirt Diva) understands what gardening is really about: having fun...even when you aren’t having fun! This book is laugh out loud useful and smart. Frankly, it’s the best book on Organic Gardening that I’ve seen in 11 years (since mine came out). The Dirt Diva Royal Horticultural Society is the only gardening club I really want to be a member of."— Maria Rodale, CEO of Rodale Inc. "Fun, factual, and filled with ideas. What sets Talking Dirt apart from all other organic gardening how-to guides is Anne Spiegelman. The information is presented with personality and wit making this book a must have resource for the aspiring organic gardener."— Michael C. Metallo, President National Gardening Association |
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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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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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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.” 
Annie's
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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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