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Title: The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns

Author: Margaret Dilloway

Narrator: Andrea Gallo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Best known for her debut novel, How to Be an American Housewife, Margaret Dilloway is a John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist. In The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns, 36-year-old Gal Garner lives according to a strict plan. Only happy when caring for her roses, she dreams of one day bringing her own variety to market. But when her teenage niece arrives for an unexpected visit, the organization of Gals life evaporates.

Members Reviews:

Very Prickly!

I really enjoyed this book. I almost gave it a 5!! This book starts off a bit slow, but then I found it hard to put down. Gal Garner is a tough science teacher in a private high school. She is also an amateur rose breeder in her spare time and wants to win "Queen of Show" in a major competition. She also needs a kidney! She is on a wait list for one, and this will be her third one. She must spend every other night in the hospital undergoing dialysis. So between school, dialysis, and her green house she leads an extremely busy and structured life. To throw Gal's world off kilter her sister ships off her niece, Riley, to stay with her without any warning. Gal is beyond frazzled by this turn of events.There were so many elements in this story. It also had many characters and I enjoyed their development. The main character is very prickly, like thorns on roses!

Lovely sophomore novel from the author of How to Be An American Housewife

Gal Garner is a high school biology teacher and a rose breeder with a scientific mind and high expectations of others. She is also on dialysis and in need of a kidney transplant. Her life feels like itâs on hold and sheâs trying to keep the world at bay until her 15-year-old niece Riley unexpectedly comes to live with her. I loved how this novel wasnât predictable, and how even though Gal could come across as an unpleasant stickler at times, I was always rooting for her! I also really liked learning about roses and rose shows and the life of someone on dialysis. Very believable and well-researched!

Roses Are Easier than People

Good read especially if you know any little thing about growing roses or care about raising roses. Roses are challenging and the people even more so.

Twined with the care of roses is the story of Gal's dialysis and wait for a kidney transplant. Grueling condition. No wonder she was so prickly and thorny.

The book veers into soap opera at times but overall, a pleasant read. Good beach reading. Unless you're waiting for a kidney.

This is a beautiful story!

This story is about a woman who is ill physically and emotionally. Her work with roses and the people and situations in her life give her a real chance to heal. I loved this beautiful story of life! The information about growing and creating new roses was interesting as well.

Strong writing and interesting sub-plots

I enjoyed this book, since it wove stories of family interaction with tons of information all supplied very interestingly about the propagation and naming of roses. It reminded me of learning how thoroughbred horses have to follow a set of rules, and the ones for roses are quite similar. Who knew? Very nice interactions between the characters, and I enjoyed this book very much