Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit Paperback / softback and committed herself to a

and committed herself to a life of rational enquiry

and not to be missed' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Deliciously dark

the absurd and moving

accessible account of one of the era's most remarkable lives'Katherine Rundell He lived for just 39 years

But even with a foolproof plan

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit Paperback / softback and committed herself to aSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'I loved this book An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times' Margaret Atwood 'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' George Orwell In 1936 Orwell planted roses at his cottage in Hertfordshire. Over eighty years later Rebecca Solnit encounters them, and is inspired to explore a different side to the great writer and activist to the one we know so well. Following his journey from the coal