Waking Up in Eden
In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island
By Lucinda Fleeson
(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Paperback, 9781565124868, 310pp.)
Publication Date: June 2009
Categories: Climatic - Tropical, Environmental Conservation & Protection - General, Personal Memoirs
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the July 2009 Indie Notables“Middle-aged, divorced, and disillusioned with her career, Lucinda Fleeson wonders if passion and adventure are gone for good. Then, she is offered a job at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii. Fleeson dives into Hawaiian botany and history, restoring a plantation cottage and exploring the gardens. With deft, vivid prose, she describes her own awakening to new life and passion.”
-- Andrea Kaitany, Schuler Books & Music, Okemos, MI
Description
"Part history, part personal confession, part cautionary tale about environmental preservation . . . [An] impeccably researched, beautifully told tale of how America's most exotic locale [Kauai] transformed the life of an urban journalist."--Gioia Diliberto, author of "The Collection."












