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Botanical short stories

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A unique collection of contemporary short stories exploring our deep attachment to flowers and plants and the meanings they hold

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Description

‘The stories are all so very different, some of them being quite compelling and tender featuring an interesting variety of voices and nationalities with a wide range of characters and settings’ – Advolly Richmond

A group of botanists in search of rare species dismiss local custom at their peril. Love in all its wildness and wonder is found clinging to crumbling chalk cliffs and growing through cracks on city streets. A scientist takes a radical step to understand her houseplant. A poet remembers her beloved flowers, and the longing for a magnificent tropical garden outlasts death.

From tokens of love to neolithic burial gifts, bridal bouquets to seasonal wreaths and healing potions to artistic masterpieces, flowers and plants have a multitude of meanings and a long and complex relationship with us. They brighten our homes and delight us in garden and countryside, convey our emotions and symbolise the stages of our human lives. Throughout the anthology, interactions with the natural world bring opportunities for new beginnings, transformation, and a chance to heal.

This rich and wide-ranging collection celebrates the deep connection that exists between people and plants in fourteen short stories as varied, diverse, and global as the botanical world itself.

Read a sample here

Additional information

Weight 0.296 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 20.5 × 1.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages
Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

808.831 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K