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Around the House and in the Garden A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement

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ISBN-10: 0743226933

ISBN-13: 9780743226936

Edition: 2003

Authors: Dominique Browning

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"My story," writes Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden, "is about the way a house can express loss, and then bereavement, and then, finally, the rebuilding of a life." Around the House and in the Garden is a moving narrative, culled from Browning's much-loved monthly editorial column, about the solace and sense of self that can be found through tending to one's home. From building a high stone wall in the garden to learning that every kitchen deserves a good kitchen couch, Browning reminds us that making a home is more than just a materialistic endeavor -- it is a way for us to comfort and reinvent ourselves, to "have the final word about what goes where...what feels…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 4/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Gina Steer is a cookery editor, writer and broadcaster of many years' experience. She has written and contributed to a wide range of cook books and publications for many different publishers, including the Simple Cookery, Let's Cook and Quick and Simple cookery series for Flame Tree.She is the editor-in-chief of House & Garden. She lives in New York City.

What's it all About?
When it was Over
Who Gets The House?
Bedroom RX
A Lifetime of Closets
Bubble Cathedrals
Garden Paths
Old Garden
The Chosen Family
Take a Seat
Lost and Found
Home Alone
Renovation Alert
Couch Therapy
Light My Fire
Ski Trip
Tree Hugger
The New House
For The Birds
Armchair Love
Smell The Roses
The Piano
That Damned Dining Room Again
Sacred Ordinary
Repairs Never End
Patchwork
Bermuda Triangle
Bed Riddance
Mother's Day
What's Missing
Unpaving
Sharing
Stone Walls
Bloody Murder
Doing The Dishes
Caf�
The Empty Nest
Silent Night
The New Wife
Letting Go
Honey, I'M Home!
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