In the Rousseau Garden

About the Book

Eternal Life? The secret of the ages locked in the sap of a rare Aboriginal herb. Who deserves it? How to multiply it? Which international group is trying to steal it? Problems for she who grows it. Botanist Abigail begs garden expert Katsumi Daisuke to advise. He sends his nephew Toru who efficiently solves the problem of the thieves and the garden but finds he cannot live without Abigail’s daughter Jo. Abigail and her husband Henri tell of the fascinating people whose lives they have enhanced over the years. The successes, the failures, the lives cut short.

About the Author

Jim Sayers is an architect whose grandparents made their first garden out of the virgin forest on a Sydney Harbour forshore. He thinks a house with no garden is a sad thing. As a boy he became fascinated by historical biographies; books such as Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, Robert Graves’ I Claudius and Count Belisarius; then just about every book he could get hold of. He has written articles for various Sydney, Los Angeles and New York magazines, also articles on travel for Qantas. This is his first attempt to mix history and fiction.