` When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don`t want to talk I turn to Plot 29, or to a wilder piece of land by a northern sea. There, among seeds & trees, my breathing slows; my heart rate too. My anxieties slip away.` As a young boy in 1960s Plymouth, Allan Jenkins & his brother, Christopher, were rescued from their care home & fostered by an elderly couple. There, the brothers started to grow flowers in their riverside cottage. They found a new life with their new mum & dad. As Allan grew older, his foster parents were never quite able to provide the family he & his brother needed, but the solace he found in tending a small London allotment echoed the childhood moments when he grew nasturtiums from seed. Over the course of a year, Allan digs deeper into his past, seeking to learn more about his absent parents. Examining the truths & untruths that he`d been told, he discovers the secrets to why the two boys were in care. What emerges is a vivid portrait of the violence & neglect that lay at the heart of his family. A beautifully written, haunting memoir, Plot 29 is a mystery story & meditation on nature & nurture. It`s also a celebration of the joy to be found in sharing food & flowers with people you love.