Yards and Stripes: A Funny Book About Work, Business and Gardening.

By Michael Francis

A Fish Out of Water in a Land of Manicured Gardens

When a hapless Australian swaps his office job for a franchise mowing lawns across the leafy suburbs of Connecticut, there's just one small problem - he doesn't know a weed from a hydrangea.

Armed with nothing but relentless self-belief, and a franchise manual he probably should have read more closely, he sets out to build a business with clients who know their gardens and yards better than he knows his own excuses.

What follows is a string of mishaps and disasters that somehow, grow into something resembling a career, and a crash course in American suburbia, one lawn at a time.

Part memoir, part inspiring comedy, Yards and Stripes is for anyone who has ever leapt before they looked, and those who might enjoy watching an Aussie do it first.

Get your copy of Yards and Stripes today and discover that the best stories, like the best gardens, grow in the most unlikely soil.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 064852485X
• ISBN13: 9780648524854
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Richard Harrison
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"