The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns

Galilee Garner can be as prickly and sensitive as the roses she breeds in her southern California backyard, but when her teenaged niece arrives on her doorstep unexpectedly, temporarily homeless and motherless, Gal manages far beyond providing nutrient requirements Thirty eight, unmarried, and with no children of her own, Gal is a strict disciplinarian She teaches high school science and coaches the Science Team in addition to showing her roses in national competitions Although schooled in the s [...]

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A book I mentioned in the Book Expo s Librarian Shout n Share session.While this appears to be a how to manual, it s actually a well crafted novel of a woman s life Despite having chronic kidney disease, Gal has carved out a life for herself while going between dialysis, teaching AP biology to high school students, and breeding new rose hybrids, but her strict life develops a kink when her 15 year old niece comes to live with her This novel has fabulous well drawn characters and a story that wil [...]

Gal Garner dugi se niz godina bori s bole u bubrega, zbog koje svaki drugi dan provodi u bolnici na dijalizi Gal je povu ena i ne osobito dru eljubiva, a ono to joj ivot ini ljep im je briga za njene ru e i poku aji da uzgoji novu vrstu i s njom pobijedi na okru nom sajmu Kad se jednog dana, u koli u kojoj Gal predaje biologiju, pojavi Galina ne akinja Riley, Gal e, iako to u tom prvom momentu ne shva a, na skrb dobiti jo jednu, prili no trnovitu, ru u onu u ljudskom tinejd erskom obliku Gal i R [...]

osnova pri e mo da nije previ e originalna, ali je ispri ana na zanimljiv na in, sa zanimljivim likovima, i toplim optimizmom koji prevladava usprkos svemu, i zato je bila vrlo ugodno tivo.

I think why I wrestled with finishing this book is because I did not like the main character for most of it First, she was the kind of teacher that I dread working with in it for vacations, test scores and the love of her subject, not kids I expected and hoped in the novel to see her grow into a compassionate and understanding person who saw her students as human beings, not just kids to get good grades on a test, and that never really happens Only briefly at the end do we get to see her actual [...]

Difficult and obstinate Thriving under a set of specific and limited conditions That pretty much describes me Maybe that s why I like these roses so much Gal has struggled all her life with a kidney failure, going to dialysis several times a week, hoping upon hope that she ll get a transplant soon While she waits, she teaches biology very strictly at the local Catholic high school, and cultivates roses As an amateur breeder, she tries to create a unique new strain of the Hulthemia rose When her [...]

What s not to love in a story with a main character as prickly as the very thorned roses she tends to Such is the case of 36 year old biology teacher Galilee Garner Gal for short who says, I love the Hulthemia roses They are difficult and obstinate, thriving when I introduce them to an impossible variety of conditions Gal, a kidney dialysis patient from childhood to adulthood, shows that same fortitude throughout the story.A self proclaimed half assed optimist, her direct, no nonsense ways often [...]

Galilee known as Gal Garner is a 38 year old biology teacher who breeds roses as a hobby She s a loner, with her only friend being the art teacher at her private school And she s on dialysis a few times a week, thanks to not only having had her kidneys die when she was a child but having rejected two donated kidneys her doctor has her on the transplant list, but there are some blood flow problems to contend with first The parents at her school are not happy with her, because in addition to teach [...]

I really enjoyed the unconventional protagonist, the authentic portrayal of that character, and the choices the author made at the end of the story Thank you, Margaret Dilloway for a beautiful bloom of a book.

I didn t love this as much as How to be an American Housewife, but it is still good I really grew to like the character Gal, she is gritty and sarcastic and despite her kidney disease, has a predictable routine life until her niece shows up at her door I did like all the details about roses thrown in the story, I think I learned a few tips to try on my roses.

Galilee Gal Garner breed roses as an escape from her wait for a kidney transplant and a hobby apart from her job as a high school biology teacher She is as prickly and as particular as her flowers She does not bend to convention or authority she has no patience for those she feels are frivolous or those who don t try hard enough be they other dialysis patients, her students or fellow teachers Her life is regimented and scheduled Teaching by day, breeding and caring for the roses in most of her f [...]

An enjoyable book about a science teacher, Gal, who struggles with kidney disease while pursuing her passion of cultivating Hulthemia roses One afternoon her teenage niece, Riley, shows up at her home, unannounced, expecting to be able to live with her while her mother, Gal s estranged sister, works overseas Gal and Riley have to learn to navigate this new living arrangement and get to know each other and themselves in new ways Gal is not exactly a likable character, very prickly and opinionated [...]

The Care And Handling Of Roses With ThornsByMargaret DillowayMy in a nutshell summaryGal has kidney disease Gal loves roses Gal gets a surprise visit from her niece Gal is gruff and has lots of issues.My thoughts after reading this bookMy heart sort of melted as I read this bookere were so many characters that made me feel so much for themGal and Riley and Walters and Gal s mom Gal s illness has caused her mom to just feel so guilty Gal needs a new kidney and this isn t even her first timeher re [...]

The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns is about feisty, thirty six year old Galilee Garner, a science teacher and rose breeder with kidney disease who is suddenly left to care for her teenage niece, Riley, when her delinquent sister takes a job overseas For a woman who would rather rub aphids off rose leaves, inheriting a girl with social issues while dealing with dialysis every other night does not exactly excite her Troubles at her job with her principal and also with her best friend, the [...]

A literary and metaphoric exploration of roses Outwardly delicate, the intricate petals of a rose vary by breed, genetics, and their ability to adapt to various climates One must first brave a rose s thorny armor in order to truly see its overall beauty The same could be said about Galilee Garner.Having suffered from medical challenges her entire life, and having spent the last eight years undergoing dialysis treatments every other day, Gal no longer has time or energy in her life to mince words [...]

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns, I am thankful that thorns have roses I love this quote, and it is in the beginning of the book This is a story of a curmudgeon who most people just see her surliness, yet her friends see her individual beauty She s a thorn but is a rose I love this book because she is a rose breeder, a world I knew nothing about nor had given much thought about Also, she has kidney disease, another world I hadn t given much thought about It made me appr [...]

The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns is a wonderful character driven story, featuring one of the most compelling, complex protagonists I ve ever read It s a beautifully written novel that opened my eyes to both the hardships of dialysis and the fascinating world of rose breeding.

Loved the characters, loved the information about roses and rose breeding and I especially loved the relationships in this story So glad I read this

Oh how I enjoyed this book Beautiful story of teacher Gal and her amazing roses She is a thorny character and rigid and has ultra high expectations of herself and those around her Her niece Riley is in need of tending to and their relationship is complicated and prickly Loved how everyone came to realize their own special potential.

UGH I LOVED Margaret Dilloway s How to be an American Housewife and Sisters of Heart and Snow , but this one dragged on and on with seemingly no point whatsoever, I couldn t even finish it BORING.

If you liked Margaret Dilloway s debut novel How To Be An American Housewife , then The Care and Handling of Roses With Thorns will either equate to it or come about halfway The author s latest tale is about 36 year old Galilee Gal Garner, a high school biology teacher whose failing kidneys force her to live a restricted life Her one pleasure is her roses, flowers she has cultivated and cross bred to create a one of a kind grand prize bloom that no one has ever seen or smelled But when her 15 ye [...]

As our last name is Rose, when my husband saw the title of this book, he wondered if I was reading a manual on how to handle him In a way he wasn t far off while the novel deals significantly with the care of roses, it also deals with the care of relationships and how not to treat them so thornily The thorny one is protagonist Galilee Gal Garner, 36, high school biology teacher, rose breeder, every other night dialysis patient waiting for a suitable kidney, and newly thrust into a guardianship r [...]

The fleeting perfection of an exquisite rose in bloom is something human beings cannot hope themselves to attain Even so, people nurture, cultivate, feed, water and lavish loving attention upon the thorny splendor of the rose In The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns , author Margaret Dilloway introduces us to just such a person Gal Garner is a teacher, a dialysis patient, and a grower of roses Not just any roses, but specially cross pollinated hybrid roses, which she hopes will win Queen of [...]

I loved Margaret Dilloway s last book This one was a disappointment to me I have spent a lot of time in hospitals and I have learned there are two types of patients the ones that are optimistic fighters and the others that are bitter cynics Gal is definitely bitter She hates everyone and everything Anything anyone says or does she finds fault with She is so judgmental of people I wasn t sure if she was correct about her sisters drug problems Riley never said anything really bad about her mother [...]

Well written story that explores the challenges of overcoming chronic physical illness while dealing with life s everyday and extraordinary challenges The main character is hard to like but was easy to understand Watching her growth throughout out the novel is paralleled with her beloved roses The story manages to stay true without falling into clich s.One topic this novel covers, which is a particular bone of contention for me, is parents who abandon their children Gal is unexpectedly left in c [...]

For the most part I enjoyed this book and would recommend it It was very interesting to learn about the cultivation of roses and rose shows, as well as the process of dialysis But there were times when I just wanted to smack the main character, Gal She was so, so self rightgeous, demanding and self centered Very bright but sooo prickly just like the roses she cultivated Which I guess was what the author was trying to say She would be such a hard person to remain close to I did become very frust [...]

I was so mad at my sister that I could feel the wax melting in my ears Yeah, I get that Gal s sister Becky had a right to mess up her own life but did she have a right to neglect her daughter, Riley That is one of many questions I had fun thinking about as I read this book.This book was entertaining and not annoying There was no attempt to tie things up perfectly at the end or explain every danged thing to the reader There was enough space for the reader to wonder Gal, Galilee, has a passion for [...]

I read an advance review copy of The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns As so many reviewers have already written, Galilee Garner is prickly You find yourself wanting to give her a swift kick in the pants, but at the same time, it s so obvious that Gal has developed these thorns to cope with an unfair, unwanted situation the very threat to her own life So you keep reading, and eventually, you discover the roots of the thorns, and you understand Yet, Gal makes a remarkable transformation when [...]

An interesting and endearing mix of characters truly brings life to this book I love a book that fires up my emotions about the people in it Gal is one of those characters Her moments of self righteous judgmental indignation had me wanting to grab her by the shoulders and shake her while a bit later I felt such sympathy for her breaking heart that I wanted to hold and console her Harsh, cold and distant on the outside she s an emotional roller coaster on the inside Scared, insecure and lonely is [...]