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Penelope Lively was born in Cairo, Egypt and spent her childhood there. She came to England at the age of twelve, in 1945, and went to boarding school in Sussex. She went on to read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1957 she married Jack Lively (who died in 1998). They had two children, Josephine and Adam. Jack Lively's academic career took the family from Swansea to Sussex and Oxford, and eventually to Warwick University, where he was Professor of Politics. Penelope Lively now has six grandchildren and lives in London.<b>Rich </b>and <b>unusual</b>, this is <b>a book to treasure</b>. Few recent gardening books come anywhere close to its <b>style</b>, <b>intelligence </b>and <b>depth</b>. Moves between Lively's own horticultural life and a broad history of gardening
Alex Preston, Observer
<b>Exquisite </b>and <b>original</b>
Daily Telegraph
A <b>gentle, scholarly </b>progress through <b>the lives and works of Penelope Lively's favoured authors</b> - from Jane Austen to Beatrix Potter, Philip Larkin to Tom Stoppard
The Times
<b>Enchanting</b>. <b>Reading this book is like walking with a wise, humorous guide </b>through a series of garden rooms . . . and finding that vistas suddenly open out, on to <b>history</b>, <b>fashion</b>, <b>politics</b>, <b>reflections on time</b> and the<b> taming of nature </b>
Tablet
Lively finds <b>memories of her own gardens scrambling like roses through insights into the history of gardening and the artist</b>s - including Woolf, Monet and PG Wodehouse - who have been inspired by their gardens
Daily Mail
<b>Delightful</b>
Lady
<b>Elegant</b>, <b>entertaining </b>and <b>inspirational</b>
Woman & Home
The <b>perfect book</b> for dedicated<b> garden lovers</b>
S Magazine
A <b>blossoming triumph</b>
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