A review by crystaljacksonwriter
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively

informative slow-paced

2.0

I wanted to like this book. The cover is lovely, and I love gardening and reading about writers who garden. I just couldn’t get past the tone deaf colonialism. There’s even a mention of garden genocide that seems deeply inappropriate. It’s fine to have garden preferences, but the consistent xenophobia made this impossible for me to enjoy. This is more of a lot of gardening opinions and little useful information or inspiration.