Uprooting

From the Caribbean to the Countryside - Finding Home in an English Garden

By: Marchelle Farrell

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Paperback | 1 January 2024

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288 Pages

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19.8 x 12.9 x 2.0

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Winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, this lyrical book moves between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden as it grapples with big questions about what we call home

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago she left Trinidad and now, uprooted once again, she heads to the peaceful English countryside - the only Black woman in her village.

Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine the complex and emotional question of home in the context of colonialism. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised. Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land - and ourselves.

Industry Reviews

'A beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace' - KATHERINE MAY

'A tender book, raw in some parts . . . Farrell generously shows the reader the value of openness, considering what we have to learn from other people and species' - AMANDA THOMSON

'Glistening . . . This book will change how we speak of gardens, land and identity in myriad ways. An exquisite love letter [and] a rallying call' - Irish Times

'Uprooting is a potent hymn to the importance of home and a deeply thoughtful offering on what our gardens can be' - ALICE VINCENT

'A wonderful book' - Financial Times

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