A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany

A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany

Now available in paperback, this delightful memoir, written by critically acclaimed novelist Paul Gervais, recounts the challenges, elations, setbacks, and revelations that accompanied the process of making an acclaimed garden out of the sprawling, overgrown grounds of a Renaissance Tuscan hunting lodge. ". . . charming new entry . . . the unruffled calm of the memoir is soothing . . . [the book] conveys values that are, well, inspiring . . ." -- Salon.com "A charming recollection . . . Gervais creates his paradise and here happily and generously describes the process of creation." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Paul Gervais's self-education as a gardener is the subject of this charming memoir . . ." -- Edmund White, author of The Farewell Symphony Used Book in Good Condition