Friday 12 February 2010

COMING UP ROSES: Stories for the Green Fingered by Caroline Oakley

COMING UP ROSES: Stories for the Green Fingered by Caroline Oakley

Genre: short stories - gardening
Rating: Excellent *****

From back cover:
Every thing's coming up roses...but not all of these roses are beautiful or sweet smelling - some have a touch of frost. Our gardens reflect our lives, from the regimented to the artfully dishevelled, the pristine to the neglected, and this collection of bittersweet stories is uprising in it's variety.

Another lovely collection from Honno - Welsh women's' press.
A variety of stories all with a gardening theme.
Crime, romance, loss, haunted tales... this collection has it all.
20 great stories...an ideal present for the gardener in your life.


Short story collections 2010 # 5
challenges: 100+ Books Reading Challenge 2010, Support your local Library reading challenge 2010, New Authors Challenge 2010, typically British challenge, welsh reading challenge,