Spring Rain

Marc Hamer

Feb 2023 · Bolinda · Narrated by Matt Addis

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In Spring Rain, writer and gardener, Marc Hamer, now in his 60s, shares his path to contentment from difficult beginnings. Through the prism of family gardens, he reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up as adults. Growing up in a violent home, as a young boy, Hamer found solace and safety in his small back garden. In particular, in its shed, where he stumbled across an incomplete set of old encylopaedias. These books, and observing the plants and insects in his private kingdom, began his lifelong love of learning and openness to the world. Throughout his journey from youth to age, which included a period living homeless in the countryside, Hamer has found the answers to life's questions in the nature around him. While building his 'final' garden at his home in Cardiff, he looks back at what he has learned along the way, from his days as a child watching ants, to his later life as a professional gardener creating places of calm and restoration for others.

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Marc Hamer was born in the North of England and moved to Wales over 30 years ago. After spending a period homeless, then working on the railway, he returned to education and studied fine art in Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. He has worked in art galleries, marketing, graphic design and taught creative writing in a prison before becoming a gardener. His first book, A Life in Nature or How to Catch a Mole, was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize.

Matt Addis is a highly regarded actor and audiobook narrator, bringing life to more than 200 audiobooks. He is a multiple AudioFile EarPhones award winner and was nominated by Audible as one of 12 finalists for Audiobook of the Year. He has been heard in hundreds of radio dramas, comedies and documentaries while his live voice work includes the Global Fashion Awards, United Nations events at Windsor Castle, and the Venice Biennale.

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