Spring Rain

A memoir infused with wisdom and a deep love of nature, as well as a how-to book for finding peace of mind * Saga *Hamer’s prose proceeds by association and by charismatic detail... but it also has a strong sense of arc, of change…He has an inclination to celebrate and express love-an inclination that seems built out of the humus of a difficult childhood…he is not an Adam cast out of the garden but “a boy cast out of hell,” and into a series of gardens. * New Yorker *An illuminating, powerful read * Woman’s Own *Marc Hamer knows how to live - simply, sparely, reverently, abundantly. Spring Rain is a tonic for the soul. * Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be A Good Creature *Interwoven with the writer’s deep-seated love of the natural world… I highlighted many passages while reading this book * Countryman *A breathtaking narrative that transcends genre and geography. * Shelf Awareness * *Hamer explains why a garden is not just a place of work - it’s also a place of worship. – Margaret Roach * New York Times *Mr. Hamer has found his ideal calling in this book stitched together from small essays, a genre in which such capricious mutability of opinion is not only tolerated but encouraged. Through his words, we connect with the ultimate text, the landscape itself. * Wall Street Journal *Hamer’s signature prose, rich with precise, detailed observations that evoke the luminous wonder that informs and illuminates all being, is on full display * Vancouver Sun *A book of great but tender power; acute, wise and intimately observed, speaking with the unmistakable voice of the land itself - which is equally unmistakably Hamer’s own. And what a voice that is! – Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild

Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales over thirty years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art in Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener. Both his books, A Life in Nature; or How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust have been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize.