Bridget Boland

Maureen Boland

Bahcivanlar icin Kocakari Ilmi - Bahcivanin Büyüsü

In a one-volume abridgement, these sixteenth-century letters paint a magnificent portrait of family life amidst the intrigue, terror, and politics of the court of Henry VIII. The culmination of Lord Lisle's imprisonment in the Tower of London.

An Abridgement

The Lisle Letters

A Novel

The Wild Geese

Complete Old Wives Lore for GA

Il giardino delle vecchie signore

When you come from a family of funeral directors, the telephone rings ominously in the middle of the night. For a doula, it resonates with eager anticipation. Either way, it always means lives are about to change. . . . It might seem like birth and death lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, but to Carolyn Connors, they are mirror images. Caro is no stranger to death, having grown up in a funeral home, but after witnessing her mother’s miscarriage and her brother’s tragic drowning as a child—neither of which she is allowed to discuss—she chooses to become a doula, celebrating the arrival of life rather than its departure. When her glamorous lifelong best friend, Mary Grace, calls with the exciting news that she is pregnant, Caro packs up her life and leaves home to be MG’s birthing coach. But tension escalates between Caro and MG’s domineering husband, Brad, and the sensitive doula’s advice falls on deaf ears. MG cuts off all contact until complications with her pregnancy leave her with no one else to call. Hurrying to the unborn child’s rescue and watching the life drain from her best friend’s body, Caro thinks the nightmare can’t get any worse. . . . Until Brad accuses her of medical malpractice. For the first time in her life, Caro must confront the painful guilt, loss, and shame that have trailed her from the past, leading her to the most profound rebirth of all.

The Doula

Did you know that banana skins, laid just below the surface of the soil, have long been said to be beneficial for roses, and that horticulturists now approve the practice? Or that mulching strawberries with pine needles will improve their flavor? Or that hollyhocks thrive on beer? Maureen and Bridget Boland have been collecting garden wisdom for many years, both from "old wives" and from books ancient and modern. In this charming little volume, they pass on the best of their store of useful and curious information. It will be seized upon with delight by all gardeners who are not afraid of finding a sprinkling of superstition mingled with much good sense.

Old Wives' Lore for Gardeners

CONTIENE: IL GIARDINO DELLE VECCHIE SIGNORE (1976) E LE MAGIE DEL GIARDINIERE (1977) «Noi non siamo delle Vecchie Signore, ma piuttosto delle vecchie zitelle; non siamo nemmeno, in alcun modo, delle giardiniere professioniste. Abbiamo raccolto dei consigli in questo libro perché ne avevamo bisogno noi per prime [...]. Opere sulle capacità curative delle piante ne esistono in abbondanza, quindi qui non ne parleremo: questo libro si concentra esclusivamente sui loro poteri magici, e non risarcirò nessuno che li contesti appellandosi alla legge sulla tutela del consumatore».

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