Radical Prunings: A Novel of Officious Advice from the Contessa of Compost

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This rather deceptive work purports to be the collected horticultural columns of one opinionated Mertensia Corydalis. As Mertensia answers her readers’ innocent gardening questions, she reveals more than she intends about her life, her relationships (from her prissy ex-husband to questionable interactions with her employees, Miss Vong and Tran), and her state of mind.

Radical Prunings is a literate, funny, and surprisingly bittersweet fiction debut from a writer with a sharp wit and a very green thumb.

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Overview

This rather deceptive work purports to be the collected horticultural columns of one opinionated Mertensia Corydalis. As Mertensia answers her readers’ innocent gardening questions, she reveals more than she intends about her life, her relationships (from her prissy ex-husband to questionable interactions with her employees, Miss Vong and Tran), and her state of mind.

Radical Prunings is a literate, funny, and surprisingly bittersweet fiction debut from a writer with a sharp wit and a very green thumb.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781578602032
  • Publisher: Clerisy Press
  • Publication date: 1/9/2006
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.20 (h) x 0.70 (d)

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Q: A few warm days woke up my crocus. The leaves are well out of the ground. What will happen if the weather turns cold again? Will the flowers be ruined? Is there anything I can do? What about the bulbs?will they be damaged? -- Agnes, Lambdon A Dear Agnes

Looking now at the snow-crusted crocus in my own garden, I cannot forget the very day their progenitors were planted. I crawled around on hands and knees for hours one October day nearly thirty years ago, making hundreds of holes with a dibble, while my daughter Astrid toddled along after me, placing a crocus bulb in each hole ("Pointy end up, angel, hairy end down, like Daddy"). Norton, my former husband, who had taken to wearing Japanese farmer pants buttoned at the ankles, clogs which never needed hosing off, since he never stepped off the pea-gravel paths, and a straw coolie hat with chin cord which could be pushed back to hang behind his shoulders if he ever happened to work up a sweat, walked up and down the edge of the bed pointing with a bamboo switch, "There. And there. And there." I wondered what it would feel like to plunge a fat dibble into the flesh of a human foot

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 8, 2006

    An Entertaining Must Read for All Gardeners!

    I found myself laughing outloud at the 'officious advice' offered by Ms. Corydalis. The book includes great wit, helpful information, and an interesting storyline - perfect for relaxing on that under-used bench in the garden!

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