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Growing, older, a chronicle of death, life, and vegetables, Joan Dye Gussow

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Growing, older, a chronicle of death, life, and vegetables, Joan Dye Gussow

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Growing, older

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

610835114

Responsibility statement

Joan Dye Gussow

Sub title

a chronicle of death, life, and vegetables

Summary

The author describes her life after she loses her husband of forty years to cancer, describing her surprising reaction to his death and how she found contentment in her garden

Table Of Contents

I. THE END OF MY MARRIAGE. The death of my husband -- Six months later -- Coping with despair -- Taking the red pill -- II. WHAT NEXT? Moving the world around -- Making change : Just do it -- Working, out -- Things that break and things that don't -- Potatoes and escape -- If my parents had danced in the supermarket -- Watery lessons -- III. SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIES. How come? -- My life with butterfiles -- Why not try rice? -- Muskrats, dahlias, and an Italian -- Skunks on the riverbank -- The maple tree -- Zucchini (warning : contains recipes) -- Bees -- Asparagus -- IV. GROWING OLDER. Spring -- A fate worse than death -- Kicking my tires -- Losing it -- When I am ninety-six -- My obituary -- But did you get what you wanted?

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