THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS

An extraordinary necessary book Robert Macfarlane author of Underland Strangely restorative and tenderly written Hold it in your hands and then dream of the green world Monique Roffey author of Passiontide This book is a triumph Professor Corinne Fowler author of Our Island Stories An unforgettable read Tice Cin author of Keeping The House Profound and lyrical Ekow Eshun author of The StrangersThe Possibility of Tenderness is a personal history narrated through the lens of the grung and plants It s also a people s history of the land a family saga an archival detective story through time It s the migration tale of a young scholar who arrives in Britain from rural Jamaica to study at Oxford to achieve upward social mobility and who now lives in Roundhay Leeds Suddenly amidst his journey of dreams and class aspiration the plants and people of his native district Coffee Grove begin to offer different ways of living alternative dreams and the possibility of tenderness and the permission to roam England Marrying the local and the familial with global history and unfolding as a timely and immersive tale of land environment and the world of plants The Possibility of Tenderness reveals how the history of a tiny rural village in a mountainous regi