Friday, January 23, 2009

The Waterlily: A Blue Mountains Journal by Kate Llewellyn



This is such a delightful book! Kate Llewellyn is an Australian poet who bought a house in the Blue Mountains and wrote this journal for one year. It is filled with love, heartbreak, hope, gardening, fabulous food and cups of tea. Her writing is evocative and I feel as though I too have spent a year in the mountains coming to terms with life and enjoying it through all the ups and downs.

If you love beautiful writing, gardening or food you must read this book. Reserve it here. Also available by Kate Llewellyn are The Mountain, The Floral Mother and other Essays, The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets, The Dressmaker's Daughter, Honey: Poems and Playing with Water.