Saturday Signing: Norman Draper, author of "Backyard"

Common Good Books gives you to chance to meet great authors throughout the holiday season. Stop by, say hello, and get a book inscribed to that special someone on your shopping list.

Livia is a nice little suburb in the upper Midwest, but once Burdick's Plant World announces the garden contest to end them all, none of the gardeners in town can afford to live and let live. The Fremonts have almost gardened themselves into bankruptcy. Marta is the victim of black tea blackmail. And Dr. Sproot is turning into a horticultural megalomaniac of the worst kind. The gardeners of Livia are digging up trouble with every turn of the spade, but if they can make it through the summer, who knows what might bloom?