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Review of Stephen Buchmann's The Reason for Flowers in WSJ

Here is my review of Stephen Buchmann's "The Reason for Flowers" - which is a pretty terrible book. Very rambling and not enjoyable. Shame.

click here for review on Wall Street Journal website

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Posted on 07/31/2015 in Journalism | Permalink

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ANDREA WULF

I'm an award-winning writer of seven books, including "The Invention of Nature" and “Founding Gardeners”. My new book "Magnificent Rebels. The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" will be published in Sept/Oct 2022. I lecture widely across the world. Click here for a short bio and here for a list of awards. Contact: andrea (at) andreawulf.com

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