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A fig at the gate : the joys of friendship, gardening and the gaining of wisdom / Kate Llewellyn.

Title

A fig at the gate : the joys of friendship, gardening and the gaining of wisdom / Kate Llewellyn.

Author

Llewellyn, Kate, 1940-

Publication

Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
©2014

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xv, 300 pages : map; 20 cm

Summary

In A Fig at the Gate, author Kate Llewellyn, now in her seventies, embraces a new phase in her life, asking the question, 'How does one live well?' Following the joyful crafting of her gardens in the Blue Mountains (The Waterlily) and north of Wollongong (Playing with Water), Kate creates a new garden near the sea in Adelaide, planting olives, plums, limes and blood oranges, learning how to keep poultry, setting a duck on eggs. Delight and enrichment come with the learning of new skills, being close to family and old friends, long companionable beach walks, rediscovering old recipes, food and wine. Wise and joyful, accepting what she cannot change while relishing what she has, Kate shares the beauties and frailties of the human condition and shows us what the gifts of ageing can bring.

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committed to retain

ISBN

9781760292560
1760292567

OCLC

937650055
SCSB-11446412

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Harvard Library