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Summary: In love with your home
Review: This book is for anyone looking to explore their feelings toward their home and surroundings. Miss Browning gets to the soul of her home and gives meaning to inanimate items collected throughout her home and garden. Explore what you've been missing in your relationship with your home. My hopes are that Dominique compiles another collection of essays, soon. Readers can preview Dominique Browning's writing style in her monthly editorial in the magazine, House and Garden.
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Summary: Okay for the price...not about gardening
Review: When I finished reading AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN, I unconsciously placed Dominique Browning's book on the shelf next to Mirabel Osler's GENTLE PLEA FOR CHAOS. Spouses who've lost a wife or husband through death or divorce have something in common (whether they like it or not) and both Browning and Osler have something to say about bereavement. Osler's book will help you handle the loss following the death of a spouse, Browning's book will help you fall asleep and forget your ex. Osler's book is somewhat philosophical and for the recovering gardener, Browning's book is for the recovering partner. Browning is the editor-in-chief of House and Garden magazine, and her series of short essays is reminiscent of those short "editorials" one in her position undoubtedly writes for such a magazine. Her writing is friendly but very general. Browning provides no detail about gardening-or redecorating for that matter. Her book is sort of "autobiographical" but she shares very little of any great import about herself or anyone else in her family (or ex-familia). The closest she comes to sharing her emotions occurs when she describes a bedtime scene where she lifted her son up by his pajama lapels when he mentioned her ex-spouse's intended and jokingly informed him that he was not to talk about "other women" in her presence. In fact, Browning shares less about her self and family than the friendly passenger sitting next to you on a six-hour flight. If you need calming, gentle, diversionary material to lull you to sleep on those nights when you are thinking obsessively about something that can be better addressed the next day (like causing serious bodily harm), this little book may help. If you want some "real" gardening stuff you should check out Osler's book.
Rating:
Summary: Okay for the price...not about gardening
Review: When I finished reading AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN THE GARDEN, I unconsciously placed Dominique Browning's book on the shelf next to Mirabel Osler's GENTLE PLEA FOR CHAOS. Spouses who've lost a wife or husband through death or divorce have something in common (whether they like it or not) and both Browning and Osler have something to say about bereavement. Osler's book will help you handle the loss following the death of a spouse, Browning's book will help you fall asleep and forget your ex. Osler's book is somewhat philosophical and for the recovering gardener, Browning's book is for the recovering partner. Browning is the editor-in-chief of House and Garden magazine, and her series of short essays is reminiscent of those short "editorials" one in her position undoubtedly writes for such a magazine. Her writing is friendly but very general. Browning provides no detail about gardening-or redecorating for that matter. Her book is sort of "autobiographical" but she shares very little of any great import about herself or anyone else in her family (or ex-familia). The closest she comes to sharing her emotions occurs when she describes a bedtime scene where she lifted her son up by his pajama lapels when he mentioned her ex-spouse's intended and jokingly informed him that he was not to talk about "other women" in her presence. In fact, Browning shares less about her self and family than the friendly passenger sitting next to you on a six-hour flight. If you need calming, gentle, diversionary material to lull you to sleep on those nights when you are thinking obsessively about something that can be better addressed the next day (like causing serious bodily harm), this little book may help. If you want some "real" gardening stuff you should check out Osler's book.
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