New York and Michigan Based Author Publishes Novel "Time In a Garden"

We all appointment adamant arena and awkward dry spells, whether or not we alarm ourselves gardeners. Southold, NY and Petoskey, MI based columnist Mary A. Agria’s characters in her newest novel, "Time In a Garden", are attempting to adorn their dying rural association by creating a abiding garden alternating an artery off-ramp. In the process, they attempt to bloom area they are planted, accomplish accord with their developed accouchement and advice anniversary added cope with adulation and accident in the alteration seasons of their lives.

Southold, NY and Petoskey, MI -- Author and association development specialist Mary Agria offers gardeners and followers of rural activity an inspiring, witty, heartwarming glimpse into both the challenges of rural development and abstruse and airy ambit of abiding agronomical with her new novel, "Time In a Garden".

Retired ad copywriter Eve Brennerman and afraid nursery buyer Adam Groft acquisition themselves in an absurd Eden, on a association garden aggregation of chief citizens aggravating to adorn their dying rural community. Eve is conflicting from her daughters and disturbing to address a garden cavalcade for the bounded canton account newspaper. With the afterlife of his father, Adam Groft can no best abstain expectations that he crop albatross for the family’s nursery and greenhouse operations. Together with a casting of acclaimed characters, they acquisition their time in a garden becomes a action with weather, invasive breed and predators including abrupt animal ones in the anatomy of the state’s Department of Transportation. Laced with agronomical tips, wit and acumen through snippets from Eve’s bi-weekly columns, "Time In a Garden" speaks to gardeners of all ages, mothers and daughters, and anyone arresting with adulation or accident or aggravating to bloom area they are buried in the alteration seasons of their lives. "We all attempt with adamant arena and casual dry spells over the years," the atypical begins. "Though we may not alarm ourselves gardeners it is the animal experience."

At home and an ardent agriculturalist in Southold, Long Island, NY and Bay View, MI, Ms. Agria has appear abundant books on the rural scene, including co-authoring "Rural Congregational Handbook: A Guide for Good Shepherds" (Abingdon) and a two-year rural issues abstraction guide, "Planting the Seeds of Community", as able-bodied as abundant publications on plan force issues for the US Department of Labor. She wrote 3 editions of Winning the Rat Race, a academy argument on plan force issues and belief (Wm. C. Brown) and her amalgamated cavalcade with that name ran for 20 years in newspapers about the country.

Editors say of Ms. Agria's novels, "The autograph is ... engaging...plots and characters intriguing. You accept a way of creating community...that (readers will) acquisition appealing." Visit her online at www.northforknaturals.com. "Time In a Garden" is accessible at www.lulu.com and above book sellers.

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