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kegila's review
3.75
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Racism
soggycedar's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Racism and Police brutality
Minor: Death
thalia16's review
3.0
Moderate: Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Death, Racism, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Animal death
buttermellow's review
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Misogyny, and Child death
sellnow_hannah's review
4.25
Professor Dungy is a poet so her prose is lyrical and calming. She uses many metaphors to connect human experiences with the natural world. One such metaphor that I won’t soon forget is
However, the writing style often feels meandering and stream of consciousness, which I struggled with at times.
During our book club discussion, I realized how truly wide ranging the appeal of this book is. I personally connected most with the ideas of humans being a part of nature and needing to be better stewards of Mother Earth as well as the history of Fort Collins and the shared memories of living in Northern Colorado during 2020 wildfire season. Others in the group connected more with the stories of motherhood, racial segregation, gardening, pandemic experiences, or the poems.
Overall, this book is about so much more than gardening.
Read for League of Women Voters Larimer County’s Informed Citizens Book club
(I don’t rate memoirs below a 4 star because I think it takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable and share your life story. So for me 4-4.25 is good, 4.5-4.75 is great, 5.0 is fantastic.)
Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Police brutality
ka_schulze's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Racism
latashman's review
I think it is the pacing of each essay/section that turned me away. It feels slow and holds a lot of literary references that I don't understand which slows me down even more. I might try this as an audiobook especially if the author is the narrator. I loved her poems interspersed in the text.
I basically dreaded picking it up every time I sat down to read and felt like I was forcing myself. Life is too short to force myself to read a book that I am not enjoying.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Death
fkshg8465's review
4.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Slavery, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Racism
micklesreads's review against another edition
5.0
TW: police violence
Graphic: Murder and Racism
beholderess's review
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Hate crime