I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Joanne Greenberg
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

I thought of the old song by Lynn Anderson--I Never Promised You A Rose Garden--along with the sunshine there's got to be a little rain sometime. I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes. The well-known opening lyrics, written by Joe South, are: “I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.” Greenberg's novel is a semi-autobiographical account of a her struggle with schizophrenia as a teenager. It was still a spiny, hairless little skeleton of a bush from the winter season, but in no time it'll be blooming. Review of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" by Joanne Greenberg. I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN. I never promised you a rose garden. On my walk home the other day, I noticed a thorny bush with precious little buds starting to form – a rose bush! Last night while watching mindless TV, I was sketching, and using. My Tombow markers, this is what I came up with, actually.