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The Sweetness of a Simple Life

Tips for Healthier, Happier and Kinder Living from a Visionary Natural Scientist

Tips for Healthier, Happier and Kinder Living Gleaned from the Wisdom and Science of Nature

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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    About The Sweetness of a Simple Life

    The author of The Global Forest–an international bestseller and a classic upon publication, beloved by readers around the world–gives us her tips and advice for achieving better health and peace of mind, with frugality, simplicity and pleasure not far behind.

    In The Sweetness of a Simple Life, Diana Beresford-Kroeger mixes science with storytelling, wonderment, magic, myth and plenty of common sense. After pursuing a Ph.D. in medical biochemistry, Beresford-Kroeger set out on a quest to preserve the world’s forests. In this warm and wise collection of essays, she gives us a guide for living simply and well: which foods to eat and which to avoid; how to clean our homes and look after pets; how we can protect ourselves and our loved ones from illness; and why we need to appreciate nature. She provides an easy dose of healing, practical wisdom, blending modern medicine with aboriginal traditions. This inspiring, accessible book emphasizes back to basics, with the touchstone not an exotic religion or meditation practice, but the natural world around us.

    About The Sweetness of a Simple Life

    The author of The Global Forest–an international bestseller and a classic upon publication, beloved by readers around the world–gives us her tips and advice for achieving better health and peace of mind, with frugality, simplicity and pleasure not far behind.     

    In The Sweetness of a Simple Life, Diana Beresford-Kroeger mixes science with storytelling, wonderment, magic, myth and plenty of common sense. Orphaned at an early age, Beresford-Kroeger was raised by elderly relatives in Ireland in the Druidic tradition, taught the overlap between the arts and sciences, and the triad of body, mind and spirit. After pursuing a PhD in medical biochemistry, Beresford-Kroeger set out on a quest to preserve the world’s forests. In this warm and wise collection of essays, she gives us a guide for living simply and well: which foods to eat and which to avoid; how to clean our homes and look after pets; how we can protect ourselves and our loved ones from illness; and why we need to appreciate nature. She provides an easy dose of healing, practical wisdom, blending modern medicine with aboriginal traditions. This inspiring, accessible book emphasizes back to basics, with the touchstone not an exotic religion or meditation practice, but the natural world around us.

    About Diana Beresford-Kroeger

    DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America–which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award–Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life…. More about Diana Beresford-Kroeger

    About Diana Beresford-Kroeger

    DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America–which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award–Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life…. More about Diana Beresford-Kroeger

    Product Details

    Category: Science | Philosophy | Health & Fitness

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Vintage Canada
    Apr 07, 2015 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345812964

    Category: Science | Philosophy | Health & Fitness

    Ebook | $15.99
    Published by Random House Canada
    Oct 22, 2013 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780345812971

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    Praise

       • ”The acclaimed Canadian botanist and medical biochemist combines her profound knowledge of horticulture and her unique sense of spirituality and Aboriginal traditions as well as alternative and Western medicine with one goal: good living. . . . Inspiring and enlightening.” Maclean’s 

       • ”[The Sweetness of a Simple Life] is her most accessible [book] to date, a collection of gentle musings about silence, her root cellar, tree medicines, pets, gifts for birds, and how she cured her husband of his 3-pack-a-day smoking habit.” Sarah Hampson, The Globe and Mail

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