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Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing
A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A New Yorker and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2024 - A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 - An Oprah Daily "Most Thought-Provoking Book" of 2024
Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, "imaginative and empathetic critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise.
Brief description: Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. She is the author of seven books, including The Lonely City, Funny Weather, and Everybody. Her first novel, Crudo, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and won the 2019 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages and in 2018 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for nonfiction. She lives in Suffolk, England.
Review Quotes: Laing's buzzing and epic The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise... is wonderfully free... and does not cater to conventional expectations. Laing seeks a communal space where we can cherish what is most beautiful about being alive.--Jessica Ferri "Washington Post"