The Twelve Gifts from the Garden, from bestselling author Charlene Costanzo, offers a bounty of life-guiding messages for the ordinary and extraordinary times of our lives. In spirited stories and soothing reflections, Charlene Costanzo shares insights she gained from nature on Florida's Sanibel Island. Since her first visit to the island in 1980, the author returned many times, amassing a collection, not of prized shells (for which the island is world-famous) but of insights from a garden. Each gift-from-the-garden message asks readers to imagine walking in the author's sandals-or at least by her side-and try to perceive as she did; the journey is sometimes whimsical, often idealistic, and always encouraging. She hopes that The Twelve Gifts from the Garden will give a measure of enrichment and empowerment to readers as they journey through life in their own shoes. Inside this like-enriching book find bonus materials like: An epilogue with messages inspired in Sedona, Arizona, and St. John in the US Virgin Islands, Whimsical pen-and-ink depictions of exotic and native plants featured in a portion of the stories, Thoughtful questions for personal reflection and book-group discussion Book jacket.
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