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Uprooting

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

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Yazan: Marchelle Farrell
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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.

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"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"
"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"
"Stunning . . . The power of [Farrell’s] prose, her skilful observation and her uncanny ability to weave together science and spirituality comes alive in this memoir"
"Emotive . . . [Farrell] uses her plot to as a lens from which to consider place, people and planet. At times universal, at other times, strikingly personal"
"Can the shifting sands upon which a diasporic life is built ever begin to settle? In her search for belonging, Farrell co-creates a garden and considers the wider cultural and political landscapes that have shaped her. A beautiful entanglement of soil and soul" (JINI REDDY)
"Uprooting is at once tender and direct – as lyrical in its descriptions of home landscapes as it is scathing on the still-living legacies of colonisation. Farrell has given us a profoundly honest portrait of plants, place and the shifting of spirit wrought by migration" (JESSICA J LEE)
"In this beautiful book, Marchelle Farrell excavates the troubled legacies of colonialism and her own uprooting as she brings her Somerset garden back to life. Over the course of a year she pours love into the depleted soil and is rewarded with an abundance – of plants, insights and friendships – and, most importantly, a sense of finding home" (LULAH ELLENDER)
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I loved this beautiful book weaving so much into the making of a garden and finding home. Calming, quiet and powerful.

Beautiful

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I really enjoyed this book. I felt it could have been about me. I too moved into a house and feel I have grown with my garden as is described in the book. Loved reading about the specific flowers and the Caribbean/historical connections. Gardens are a work in progress continually going round in a circle. I too believe they reflect the love we give them. I get so much energy from being in my garden just like the author. This is a must read for gardeners it's a personal journey of someone putting down roots with the love & assistance of her growing garden. A lovely heartwarming story

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There is so much to appreciate in this reading, from the keenly observed descriptions of a developing Somerset garden to the history of Trinidad and the author’s thought-provoking insights on her uprooting and final settling. The reminder of that long period of lockdown we all experienced is so poignant and contrasts government blunders with the kindness of neighbours in a strong community. I loved this work.

A unique account that blends deep thoughts and creative horticulture

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The best book I've read/heard in many the year...she is an excellent writer and I can't wait for her next work to become available!

Brilliant

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It takes quite some wrangling to weave the disparate themes of colonialism and gardening seamlessly into those of personal discovery and raising a family. To then overlay them with the myriad challenges of trying to settle somewhere new, and doing this during a pandemic delivers a life story that is a phenomenal debut book by Marchelle Farrell. This book / listen was so many things: I felt it jump from joyous to vulnerable to angry, in fact to many different moods and places, in a manner that was completely relatable. The author recounting her experience of ordering beer still makes me chuckle, so I'm glad that I went for the audiobook option. This is my book / listen of the year (and it has even made me want to do more gardening!).

My book / listen of the year 2023

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