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Fleeson, Lucinda.

Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island / Lucinda Fleeson.

1st ed.

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, ©2009.

310 pages : map ; 21 cm

Recounts the author's decision to leave her big-city job and move to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, an exotic vocation that exposed her to both Hawaii's natural wonders and the endangered species that are falling prey to invasive plants, animals, and humans.

Fleeson, Lucinda.

Fleeson, Lucinda -- Travel -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

National Tropical Botanical Garden.

Endangered plants -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

Tropical plants -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

Endemic plants -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

Wildlife recovery -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

Plant conservation -- Hawaii -- Kauai.

Kauai (Hawaii) -- Environmental conditions.

Kauai (Hawaii) -- Description and travel.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310).

Discovery -- Solitary expeditions -- Treasure island -- This is the boondocks -- They're all lost -- The secret garden -- They were one of us -- Mission -- Digging in -- Chicken skin -- My plantation cottage -- Sow a seed, reap a life's work -- Local style -- Alien species -- The rosetta stone of evolution -- Light after darkness -- Hearts in the snow -- A walk on Mahaulepu : deconstructing extinction -- Mango madness -- Last tango in paradise -- Living well is the best revenge -- The pansy craze -- A Kapu on the garden -- New wave luau -- Last harvest -- In a heartbeat everything changes -- Resolution -- Macbeth -- Never too late -- Obake -- Renegade plant rescuer -- Saying goodbye to a garden.

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