Reviews
Delightful. . . . Part autobiography, part gardening book, part intellectual odyssey. . . . [ Second Nature ] is a large spirited and ultimately hopeful work."—Frank Levering, The Washington Post Book World A joy to read...[Pollan] writes with humor, acerbity, magnanimity...and all those good qualities that lead to charm and—one almost dares say it—wisdom."— Henry Mitchell, The Los Angeles Times The best book about Americans and their gardens in decades. Second Nature reads like brilliant entertainment, but it is serious wisdom. Michael Pollan…is a genuine heir to my favorite nature write, Mark Twain." –Simon Schama, The Boston Globe One of the distinguished gardening books of our time." –Noel Perrin, USA Today Second Nature is…as delicious a meditation on one man's relationship with the earth as any of you are as likely to come upon." – The New York Times Book Review, Delightful. . . . Part autobiography, part gardening book, part intellectual odyssey. . . . [Second Nature] is a large spirited and ultimately hopeful work."—Frank Levering,The Washington Post Book World A joy to read...[Pollan] writes with humor, acerbity, magnanimity...and all those good qualities that lead to charm and—one almost dares say it—wisdom."— Henry Mitchell,The Los Angeles Times The best book about Americans and their gardens in decades.Second Naturereads like brilliant entertainment, but it is serious wisdom. Michael Pollan…is a genuine heir to my favorite nature write, Mark Twain." –Simon Schama,The Boston Globe One of the distinguished gardening books of our time." –Noel Perrin,USA Today Second Natureis…as delicious a meditation on one man's relationship with the earth as any of you are as likely to come upon." –The New York Times Book Review
