| 
SOMETIMES
YOU DON'T
GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT....
SOMETIMES YOU GET LAVENDER.
This
is the theme of the book Jeannie Ralston, Hill Country Lavender's co-founder,
has written. Called The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected
Blossoming, the book is the true story of a magazine writer who after
a stimulating former life in Manhattan and Austin moves to the pastoral
expanses of the Texas Hill Country with her husband and discovers the
joys and rewards of taking a chance on a new way of life.
Jeannie, a writer and editor, once had a flourishing career in New York,
but meeting the love of her life, a photographer named Robb, would change
all that. Robb longed to settle down in the country. Jeannie was
loathe to leave her urban lifestyle, until they struck a bargain: She'd
move to rural Texas if Robb would agree to start their family.
The Unlikely Lavender Queen is Jeannie’s memoir of her
life as an urban settler in rural Texas. She chronicles the experience
of converting a dilapidated barn into a livable home; records with wit
and bemusement her nostalgia for everything from lattes to The New
York Times; lays bare her loneliness during Robb’s frequent
National Geographic photo assignments, and raises doubts that
plague so many women of her generation--had she given up too much?
When Robb returns from a trip to Provence with a plan for starting a lavender
farm on their land, Jeannie, mother of two, is skeptical. But much to
her surprise, in the course of managing the farm she discovers a new side
of herself. By selling blooms to local florists, opening the farm to the
public and developing 62 lavender-related products, Jeannie turns Hill
Country Lavender into a thriving enterprise–and her life into an
unexpected adventure, which all of you lavender customers have been part
of!
BOOK
RELEASE DATE: Now available.
Jeannie's book has been published by Doubleday Broadway Books just in
time for lavender season at Hill Country Lavender. There are many events
planned here at our farm and across Texas to celebrate this wonderful
book. Please see schedule below.
Also, you can now order copies of the book right now from us. All books
sold here will be signed. Can Amazon guarantee you that?
For
more information on the book,
including the first chapter,
please visit: www.jeannieralston.com
|
| |