From the way i understand it, hes a gardener who spent a vast amount of money constructing his garden and then had a pretty meh tomato yield his first year. His other novels include a festival of ghosts, a properly unhaunted place, ghoulish song, nomad, and. How one man nearly lost his sanity, spent a fortune, and endured an existential crisis in the quest for the perfect garden by william alexander and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. William joseph alexander born october 9, 1976 is an american writer and academic he is an adjunct professor in liberal arts at the vermont college of fine arts, located in montpelier, vermont he won the annual national book award for young peoples literature recognizing his debut novel, goblin secrets, which was published by margaret k.
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How one man nearly lost his sanity, spent a fortune, and endured an existential crisis in the quest for the perfect garden. William studied theater and folklore at oberlin college, english at the university of vermont, and creative writing at the. Bestselling author, william alexander, will be the guest speaker at the second program of the fall season of the boivin center for french language and culture at the university of massachusetts dartmouth on monday, october 23 rd, 2017 in the grand reading room of the claire t. A clever weekend baker learns some life lessons, loaf by loaf.
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