A review by caribbeangirlreading
My Garden Book by Jamaica Kincaid

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. Maybe it's her new editor but I felt that Kincaid was much more vulnerable in this book. She made me laugh out loud with the various foot-in-mouth anecdotes. She totally leaned into her grumpy gardener persona. I loved how she talked about her adjustment to living in the US (specifically, Vermont) as is she were a plant. A non-native plant that is. But this is Kincaid, so there will be biting commentary on the relationship between gardening and conquest and on Linnaeus' system of classification and the botanical exploration that both prompted and follow from it. Also, the hardcover edition is beautiful.
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