Orwell's Roses

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. A fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded by his passion for the natural world. A lush exploration of politics, roses, and pleasure, expressing how Orwell's involvement with plants illuminates his commitments as a writer and antifascist, connecting the politics of nature and power.