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recently reviewed
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BOOK SHELF
"The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming
" by Jeannie
Ralston, Broadway Books, 2008. After my
recent stroke I really didn't know if I could
even read a book, let alone review one.
"The Unlikely Lavender Queen" was the perfect
choice for me. I needed a book about
taking on a challenge and Jeannie Ralston took a
big one when she moved to Texas from Manhattan
and started a lavender farm. In this
industry, it's a story I've heard often enough,
but very few so charmingly written. And a
lavender farm was simply the setting for the
growth in a woman. And a good setting it
is. If you've ever thought having an herb
farm was the perfect life, read this book.
It ain't all fun and games. In fact, you
may want to look for some easier endeavor.
From building a house in a rural area to dealing
with post-partum depression to creating a
lavender business, this book will have you
identifying often with the author. Well
written, you cheer the author on and want to
know what's next for her (Mexico). Very
recommended.
And from the author:
When you buy a book, you'll be sent you a coupon for 15
percent off your next order at Hill Country Lavender.
Which means you can read the book with a lavender soy
candle burning nearby or while soaking in a lavender
bubble bath to really get in the lavender mood!
Here's how it works: Forward your receipt from Amazon
(or Powell's on-line or Barnes & Noble on-line) to her
at email ,
or scan a copy of your bookstore receipt and send it to
the same address. (If you're not the techno-type, Xerox
the receipt and send it to Hill Country Lavender via
snail mail, P.O. Box 1266, Blanco, TX 78606 and include
your e-mail address on the copy). The coupon they send
back will give you the easy instructions for getting
your 15 percent
off when you order from
www.hillcountrylavender.com .
The coupon will be good until Dec. 31st (for internet
orders only), which means you can use it to save on
Christmas shopping. It's hard to find someone who
doesn't like the lavender soap sampler--one of every
kind of Hill Country Lavender soap--or the lavender foot
cream.
Also, If you buy this book through Jeannie's
website,
www.jeannieralston.com , Amazon will give a
percentage of the sale price back to The Seed Campaign.
She will donate this money to a worthy cause, a
different organization
every month.
For the month of September, she'll donate all funds to
St. Anthony's Alliance, a U.S.-based non-profit that is
helping a
poor pueblo in Mexico become self-sufficient through
lavender. Jeannie's volunteered as an adviser to the
community co-op for a couple of years, and is so
thrilled to see their gorgeous, blooming lavender field
and all the beautiful soaps, sachets and lavender wands
they're selling in the tourist town of San Miguel.
The hope is that one day the lavender co-op will be
making enough money that the men in the community won't
have to leave for the States to work. Families would be
kept together; life will be better for everyone. All
because of a flower that means so much to many of us.
Her website has more information on The Seed Campaign
and the lavender project in Mexico.
The Herb Growing & Marketing Network
Maureen Rogers,
Director
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717-393-3295; FAX: 717-393-9261
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to get ordering information.
" by Jeannie
Ralston, Broadway Books, 2008. After my
recent stroke I really didn't know if I could
even read a book, let alone review one.
"The Unlikely Lavender Queen" was the perfect
choice for me. I needed a book about
taking on a challenge and Jeannie Ralston took a
big one when she moved to Texas from Manhattan
and started a lavender farm. In this
industry, it's a story I've heard often enough,
but very few so charmingly written. And a
lavender farm was simply the setting for the
growth in a woman. And a good setting it
is. If you've ever thought having an herb
farm was the perfect life, read this book.
It ain't all fun and games. In fact, you
may want to look for some easier endeavor.
From building a house in a rural area to dealing
with post-partum depression to creating a
lavender business, this book will have you
identifying often with the author. Well
written, you cheer the author on and want to
know what's next for her (Mexico). Very
recommended.