Spring Rain

<p><b>'Infused with wisdom and a deep love of nature... a how-to book for finding peace of mind' <i>Saga</i></b><br><br><i>This is a story about the rain a boy an angry dog and a gardener and how some of them find peace and freedom...</i><br><br>In <i>Spring Rain </i>writer and gardener Marc Hamer shares his path from difficult beginnings to contentment by way of family gardens.<br><br>As a young boy in a violent home Marc found refuge in his small back garden. Here he kindled a lifelong love of nature and learning by observing the plants and insects in his private kingdom and reading the old encyclopaedias he found in the shed.<br><br>Marc has always found the answers to life's questions in the natural world whether as a child watching ants as a young man living rough in the countryside or as a professional gardener creating places of calm and restoration for others. Now in his sixties he is finally creating a garden for himself at his home in Cardiff. In this beautiful and moving memoir he considers what he has learned from the spring of youth to his autumn years and reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up.<br><br>With line drawings by the author <i>Spring Rain</i> encourages us back in tune with the natural world and offers both consolation and a guide to a happier life.<br><br><b>PRAISE FOR MARC HAMER:<br><br>'Wisdom...patterned with Hamer's gifts for observation compression and tone' <i>New Yorker</i></b><br><br><b>'A sublime meditation on life love nature and family woven with the wisdom of age gained through a life well lived' Lee Schofield author of <i>Wild Fell</i><br><br>'Wholly original... on how to live how to be calm and content with only a little in a quietly humming garden' <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p>