Award-winning author Pip Williams (The Dictionary of Lost Words) interviews Carol Major about her memoir, The Asparagus Wars, which charts profound grief and extraordinary love. A conversation about the moving and meaningful terrain of parenthood and loss, healing, and the power of memoir.

Carol Major was born in Scotland, later completed her education in Canada and now lives in the Blue Mountains. The Asparagus Wars is her debut memoir.

Pip Williams is the author of the much-loved memoir One Italian Summer and the national number one bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words. Its companion novel The Bookbinder of Jericho will be published in November 2022.

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