Uprooting
From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden
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Uprooting
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Narrated by:
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Marchelle Farrell
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Written by:
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Marchelle Farrell
About this listen
What is home? It’s a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. Years ago she left Trinidad and now, uprooted once again, she heads to the peaceful English countryside – the only Black woman in her village.
Drawn to her new garden, Marchelle begins to examine the complex and emotional question of home in the context of colonialism. As her relationship with the garden deepens, she discovers that her two conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had realised. Full of hope and healing, Uprooting is a book about finding home where we least expect it, and which invites us to reconnect to the land – and ourselves.©2023 Marchelle Farrell (P)2023 Canongate Books
What the critics say
'A beautiful memoir that shows how gardens can be a place to plant our most troubled feelings, to put down roots and to find peace.' (KATHERINE MAY)
'In this beautiful book, Marchelle Farrell excavates the troubled legacies of colonialism and her own uprooting as she brings her Somerset garden back to life. Over the course of a year she pours love into the depleted soil and is rewarded with an abundance - of plants, insights and friendships - and, most importantly, a sense of finding home.' (LULAH ELLENDER)
'Can the shifting sands upon which a diasporic life is built ever begin to settle? In her search for belonging, Farrell co-creates a garden and considers the wider cultural and political landscapes that have shaped her. A beautiful entanglement of soil and soul.' (JINI REDDY)