A review by idreamoflibraries
Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm by Erin Byers Murray

5.0

Is this the best book I’ve read this year?? I rarely read nonfiction and often don’t finish nonfiction when I do start. Shucked held none of the qualities I fear in the genre: it’s characters had character and did not become lost in a sea of undeveloped names; the timeline moved at the perfect pace, stopping to describe experiences and illustrate scenes without belaboring every detail; and the writing was clean and friendly to the average reader. I loved the way Erin describes her culinary adventures, the beauty and pain of working outdoors, and her honesty in each experience. I’m sad to be at the end of this one!