Anyone who has ever subscribed to a gardening magazine or read a newspaper column about gardening will find this book very amusing. Miss Mertensia doles out advice which drips sarcasm and wit. She is surrounded by a few helpers who are as funny in their own way. Very light and laugh-out-loud funny. Crazy questions from readers and nuttier answers make this novel so much fun whether you are a gardener or not.

This rather deceptive work purports to be the collected horticultural columns of one opinionated Mertensia Corydalis. As Mertensia answers her readers’ innocent gardening questions, she reveals more than she intends about her life, her relationships (from her prissy ex-husband to questionable interactions with her employees, Miss Vong and Tran), and her state of mind.

Radical Prunings is a literate, funny, and surprisingly bittersweet fiction debut from a writer with a sharp wit and a very green thumb.

Imprint: Emmis Books
Distributor: Perseus Distribution
Publication Date: 12-13-2005
Pages: 240
Measurements: 7.25in X 5.25in X 0.60lb