Six Square Metres

Reflections from a small garden

Margaret Simons

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Scribe Publications
23 September 2005

Memoirs; Gardening

Life lessons from the ground up.

Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening.

In this thoughtful and beautifully observed book, journalist and gardening enthusiast Margaret Simons takes readers on a journey through the seasons, through her life, and through the tiny patch of inner-urban earth that is home to her garden.

Over the course of a year, within the garden and without, there are births to celebrate and deaths to mourn; there are periods of great happiness and light, and times of quiet reflection. There is, in other words, all the chaos, joy, sorrow, and splendor of being alive.

' Margaret Simons

collects a flavourful harvest of food for thought and, even better, for supper.' -Priscilla Montgomery Jensen, The Wall Street Journal

'In Six Square Metres Margaret Simons, queen of the tiny vegetable garden, heartened me with her radiant pragmatism.' -Helen Garner, The Saturday Age

'In the tradition of Germaine Greer, Vita Sackville-West, and Katharine S. White, Simons proves herself a modern doyenne of wry garden writing.' -Publishers Weekly

By: Margaret Simons
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9781950354221
ISBN 10: 1950354229
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 23 September 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist and author. She is also the Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. She writes on media for a number of media outlets, and has published eleven books. Penguin Australia published The Content Makers in 2007. Her most recent work includes Journalism at the Crossroads, and Malcolm Fraser- The Political Memoirs co-written with former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, which won both the Book of the Year and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2011.

Reviews for Six Square Metres: Reflections from a small garden

""In Six Square Metres Margaret Simons, queen of the tiny vegetable garden, heartened me with her radiant pragmatism."" --Helen Garner ""In the tradition of Germaine Greer, Vita Sackville-West, and Katharine S. White, Simons proves herself a modern doyenne of wry garden writing."" --Publishers Weekly ""[A] considered and meticulously observed book written by an author who is willing to share the tribulations and joys of a blended family, a fast-paced life and the endless smell of French fries. By doing so, she permits us to consider our own plot--in life and in gardening."" --Chris Gordon, Readings Bookstore ""A mix of sunny optimism and beady-eyed realism, Simons's memoir celebrates the small joys and 'sheer stubborn hope' of both gardening and family life."" --Shelf Awareness