alastair macleod 
Batool 
or The Garden of the Mind

‘But, women remembered the land had been a garden and they made for themselves within their homes, a garden such as this, the courtyard garden, it’s aim to recreate something lost but envisioned in the mind of women, a miniature of the lost paradise, a miniature of what the land had once been. But such a garden is so much more; Such a garden, if well tended and cared for with love, can be like a musical instrument, with a magical ability, to transport the mind of the person enjoying it — especially into feelings of joy and love’