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moniipeters's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
mbp_918's review against another edition
Some of the essays became boring or repetitive. I couldn’t stay focused
nicolemaestas's review against another edition
4.0
It's a collection of essays so often she discusses the same story or theme in multiple essays. The first third feels very detached from the rest of the book however the last 2/3 read much more fluidly and overall more like a novel.
christynr412's review against another edition
wasn’t the right time; hope to return to this in the future!
niakayjones's review against another edition
3.0
“There was a world in my eye. And I saw that it was possible to love it: that in fact, for all it had taught me of shame and anger and inner vision, I did love it.”
“When I was sure the characters of my new novel were trying to form (or, as I invariably thought of it, trying to contact me, to speak through me)…”
“Whatever she planted grew as if by magic, and her fame as a grower of flowers spread over three counties. Because of her creativity with her flowers, even my memories of poverty are seen through a screen of blooms—sunflowers, petunias, roses, dahlias, forsythia, spirea, delphiniums, verbena … and on and on.”
are some of the sections i liked
“When I was sure the characters of my new novel were trying to form (or, as I invariably thought of it, trying to contact me, to speak through me)…”
“Whatever she planted grew as if by magic, and her fame as a grower of flowers spread over three counties. Because of her creativity with her flowers, even my memories of poverty are seen through a screen of blooms—sunflowers, petunias, roses, dahlias, forsythia, spirea, delphiniums, verbena … and on and on.”
are some of the sections i liked
felis_ignota's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
jessicaletaw's review against another edition
5.0
It's evidence of her brilliance, and the white world's apathy, that her words from the late '60s to the early '80s remain as keen and startlingly true today as when she first put them on the page. I'm grateful that this book exists; how lucky we are that she has created this garden for us.
lilyspunner's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
nicolasvallaey's review against another edition
5.0
Een van de beste boeken die ik ooit heb gelezen. Het is een perfecte balans van politiek en persoonlijke gevoelens. Enorm mooi, leerrijk en electrifying.