{"product_id":"six-square-metres-by-margaret-simons-9781950354221","title":"Six Square Metres","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife lessons from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this thoughtful and beautifully observed book, journalist and gardening enthusiast Margaret Simons takes readers on a journey through the seasons, through her life, and through the tiny patch of inner-urban earth that is home to her garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a year, within the garden and without, there are births to celebrate and deaths to mourn; there are periods of great happiness and light, and times of quiet reflection. There is, in other words, all the chaos, joy, sorrow, and splendor of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMargaret Simons\u003c\/em\u003e collects a flavourful harvest of food for thought and, even better, for supper.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- Priscilla Montgomery Jensen, The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSix Square Metres\u003c\/em\u003e Margaret Simons, queen of the tiny vegetable garden, heartened me with her radiant pragmatism.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- Helen Garner, The Saturday Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Germaine Greer, Vita Sackville-West, and Katharine S. White, Simons proves herself a modern doyenne of wry garden writing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487528796396,"sku":"9781950354221","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b4f06ea9eb1ee449d4be0f84871c8cfb.jpg?v=1775775000","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/six-square-metres-by-margaret-simons-9781950354221","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}