When the book cover becomes the story ……

 I like the way that a story comes almost out of nowhere.

So earlier today I was wandering across social media when I came across these two delightful images from the book, “Flower Growing For UnderGardeners".

It was written in 1963 by Ehelind Fearon, and as you do, I went looking for the author.

Surprisingly Wikipedia is silent on Mrs. Fearon and I had turn to Penguin Books  who summed her busy life in just seven lines, from which I learnt that she was born in 1898, died in 1974 and wrote a heap of books “on such diverse but essential subjects as pigkeeping, pastries, how to keep pace with your daughter and how to grow herbs. She also wrote a number of children's books, including The Secret of the Chateau and The Sheep-dog Adventure”.*

After which the references to her were pretty much confined to images of her books until I came across  Ethelind Fearon: “doyenne of the lazy approach”, on The Garden History Blog.  The author like me has a fascination for bringing out of the shadows those who history has parked and refuses to return to.**

At which point I could just lift the story from the blog, but where would the fun be in that?  

Added to which I never just hoover up other people’s research and present it as mine.  

So, if you want more on and there is indeed plenty on Ehelind Fearon I suggest you follow the link and discover it for yourself.

Meanwhile I will thank Debbie Cameron who posted the images, and just say the style of artwork takes me back to when I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s.

I guess that was what first attracted me, followed by  the quirky title of the book, and the rest as they say is a story. 

Pictures; courtesy of Debbie Cameron

* Ehelind Fearon, https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/235701/ethelind-fearon

**Ethelind Fearon: “doyenne of the lazy approach”

Posted on 09/04/2022 by The Garden History Blog

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