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dougyounkin's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
raincityreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
vegedarien's review against another edition
might go back to it later as the writing is without a doubt beautiful, but it just wasn't holding my attention right now
ramosbr18's review against another edition
3.75
This book should have been a 5 star for me. I’m interested in every aspect. Mental health, homestead, plants, women’s history, poetic writing. But I found myself not wanting to pick this book up and forcing myself to read it.
luckcat's review against another edition
4.0
An enjoyable read but I think I would enjoy it more if I read it a second time!
bex_knighthunterbooks's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
This was a well-written memoir, mixing two things I'm interested in: homesteading and mental health. I generally enjoyed the reading experience, but unfortunately, this has left me without many strong feelings and I think I'll find this forgettable. My favourite parts were probably about the struggles of neurodivergence, and the diagnosis process in the UK. If this had been the first such story I had heard I think this could have been really powerful for me. The writing was also generally very good, nicely flowing and poetic at times and emotive when needed. I thought I would find a lot in common with Rebecca's smallholding dreams, but there wasn't as much detail as I hoped about making a homestead work and the hard decisions that needed to be made - most of the sections focussed on this side of her life were more like general nature writing and observing nature's changing seasons or about raising a family. The sections that worked least well for me were the fictionalised parts, and those that focussed on historical research and etymology, which are not interests of mine.