A review by rgaiovnik
Miracle Country: A Memoir by Kendra Atleework
3.0
Book review! I was given a copy of this book by Algonquin Books in exchange for an honest review.
I really went back and forth on this review, much like the book itself did. When Kendra speaks of her family, the loss of her mother, and how she uses nature to convene with her feelings of togetherness, I’m all in. The author writes in a gorgeous prose that you can fall into and feel every feeling she wants you to feel.
Then she diverges and talks about something like water rights for a very very long time. I understand the need of having history for context, but this road was a little bit too windy for me. I found myself bored for chapters at a time before I was excited about the story again. It was almost as if sometimes it was a memoir and sometimes it was a nature book and sometimes it was pure historical fact.
I wouldn’t turn this author away by any means for future work, and maybe this book just wasn’t right for me! I’m still giving it three stars because the way she writes about her mother moved me to my core. I would love some sort of follow up or more stories with her family in the future.
I really went back and forth on this review, much like the book itself did. When Kendra speaks of her family, the loss of her mother, and how she uses nature to convene with her feelings of togetherness, I’m all in. The author writes in a gorgeous prose that you can fall into and feel every feeling she wants you to feel.
Then she diverges and talks about something like water rights for a very very long time. I understand the need of having history for context, but this road was a little bit too windy for me. I found myself bored for chapters at a time before I was excited about the story again. It was almost as if sometimes it was a memoir and sometimes it was a nature book and sometimes it was pure historical fact.
I wouldn’t turn this author away by any means for future work, and maybe this book just wasn’t right for me! I’m still giving it three stars because the way she writes about her mother moved me to my core. I would love some sort of follow up or more stories with her family in the future.