An honest and intimate portrait of family, and of the relationship between father and son, The Allotment Diaries is a deeply moving account of loss, grief and growing. Set within the shared space of his father's allotment, Thom Eagle writes with tenderness about familial bonds and the ways in which love is expressed in the absence of words. A disarmingly vulnerable portrayal of unexpected grief in all its shock and muddle, the book is grounded in the small, often invisible acts of care we share, whether digging the earth or preparing a meal. In these quiet, repetitive gestures, The Allotment Diaries reveals how we nourish one another, and how, through tending, we remain connected to ourselves, to each other, and to the earth.