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Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively Episodes

  1. Town and Country

    5/5 Exploring city allotments and the suburban garden.

  2. Time, Order and the Garden

    4/5 Gardens as the ultimate defiance of time.

  3. The Fashionable Garden

    3/5 The influence of fashion on gardening, literature and creativity.

  4. The Written Garden

    2/5 Exploring gardens in fiction.

  5. Reality and Metaphor

    1/5 Stephanie Cole reads Penelope Lively's memoir of her life in gardens.