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

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 comfortable, what is life enhancing...and gives us strength to go out and embrace the world

Author: Dominique Browning
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 04/02/2003
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.01w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780743226936
ISBN10: 0743226933
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Gardening | Essays & Narratives
- House & Home | General

About the Author
Dominique Browning is the editor in chief of House & Garden. She lives in New York with her two teenage sons.