Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart

Carol Wall, Cynthia Darlow

eAudio - 2014

“In this profoundly moving memoir, Owita teaches Wall how to find grace amid heartbreak and to accept that beauty exists because it is fleeting—as in her garden, as in life.”—People, 4 stars “A perfect spring awakening.”—Good Housekeeping A true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common. Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, is at a crossroads in her life. Her children are grown; she has successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents are getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. An...d he’s very good at gardening. Before long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard,... more