Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer is a 2009 memoir
by Novella Carpenter
. The book describes her extensive garden in Ghost Town
, a run down neighborhood a mile from downtown Oakland
, California
.
Farm City was listed by some reviewers as one of the top books of 2009.
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
by Novella Carpenter
Novella Carpenter
Novella Carpenter is the author of the 2009 memoir Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. The book describes her extensive garden in Ghost Town, a run down neighborhood a mile from downtown Oakland, California....
. The book describes her extensive garden in Ghost Town
Ghost Town, Oakland, California
Ghost Town is the informal name of the Foster Hoover Historic District neighborhood in West Oakland, Oakland, California. The community is known for its violence and blight. The name probably originated from the two casket companies operating side by side on Filbert Street between 30th and 32nd...
, a run down neighborhood a mile from downtown Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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Farm City was listed by some reviewers as one of the top books of 2009.