{"product_id":"9781616207335","title":"Why I Garden","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 20 APRIL \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2027\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant, funny, and soulful meditation on the immense pleasures and the inevitable heartaches of gardening by the bestselling essayist and award-winning poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy I Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings his keen observation and joyful spirit to his own backyard garden. But you don't have to be a gardener to lose yourself in Ross Gay's lyrical voice, his humor, and his original way of looking at the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's the \"unabashed lustiness\" of morning glories, and hummingbirds \"swinging on the clothesline like an old married couple;\" the thud of pawpaws dropping, and the seductive centerfolds of seed catalogs. We encounter the kind of surprising and urgent connections we've come to expect from Gay: the 1983 Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers serve as a benchmark for a thriving, diverse garden; an old toilet bowl planted with flowers leads to a consideration of the war machine; and he wonders \"why prayer looks so much like digging potatoes.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy I Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about gardening, but it's also about how we care for each other and this planet and beckons us to cherish the earthly delights that are all around us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gay, Ross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48790408823038,"sku":"9781616207335","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Why_I_Garden.png?v=1788836461","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781616207335","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}