Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing
A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller - A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice - A Kirkus Reviews "Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far)" - A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 - A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 - An Oprah Daily "Most Thought-Provoking Book" of 2024
"An impassioned and wide-ranging work." --A.O. Scott, New York Times Book Review
Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, "imaginative and empathetic critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise.