Interlaced with her responses to the travel journals of an eccentric 19th century female botanist and adventurer, Rosie elegantly describes how these pockets of nature amidst the urban sprawl provided just enough to mend her broken spirit. She found herself instinctively drawn to the local parks and scraps of communal green spaces in her local south east London neighbourhood, and to therapy via tending a hidden garden deep within the city. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life. The Ballast Seed: by Rosie Kinchen a charming book about survival When Rosie Kinchen unexpectedly became pregnant, she felt numb until she discovered the joy of gardening Rose. Its a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. Terrified at the prospect of adding another child into her already precariously balanced life, Rosie was compelled to find a new way of living. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. The surprise of a second pregnancy, so soon after the birth of her first son, plunged Rosie into a despair that spiralled into deep depression. The Ballast Seed by Rosie Kinchen Buy Now: Kindle Apple Google Kobo See All ebook / ISBN-13: 9781474618199 Price: £18. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life.’ Cal Flyn author of Islands of Abandonment It’s a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once – luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth.
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