Spring Rain: A wise and life-affirming memoir about how gardens can help us heal

A memoir infused with wisdom and a deep love of nature, as well as a how-to book for finding peace of mind * Saga * Hamer's prose proceeds by association and by charismatic detail... but it also has a strong sense of arc, of change...He has an inclination to celebrate and express love-an inclination that seems built out of the humus of a difficult childhood...he is not an Adam cast out of the garden but "a boy cast out of hell," and into a series of gardens. * New Yorker * An illuminating, powerful read * Woman's Own * Marc Hamer knows how to live - simply, sparely, reverently, abundantly. Spring Rain is a tonic for the soul. * Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be A Good Creature * Interwoven with the writer's deep-seated love of the natural world... I highlighted many passages while reading this book * Countryman * A breathtaking narrative that transcends genre and geography. * Shelf Awareness * * Hamer explains why a garden is not just a place of work - it's also a place of worship. -- Margaret Roach * New York Times * Mr. Hamer has found his ideal calling in this book stitched together from small essays, a genre in which such capricious mutability of opinion is not only tolerated but encouraged. Through his words, we connect with the ultimate text, the landscape itself. * Wall Street Journal * Hamer's signature prose, rich with precise, detailed observations that evoke the luminous wonder that informs and illuminates all being, is on full display * Vancouver Sun * A book of great but tender power; acute, wise and intimately observed, speaking with the unmistakable voice of the land itself - which is equally unmistakably Hamer's own. And what a voice that is! -- Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild