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Review by: Mandy Apgar
Contrary to
what the dust jacket tells you, this probably will not appeal to fans of
EB White. Unless you have a fondness for both talking spiders and
learning how to split garlic. One of several siblings
whose family owns a farm (now mostly managed by her brother, Henry, and
his family) the author presents a diary of sorts detailing what happens
over a year. In some other books like this I have found that aspect
really interesting, but her writing is too flowery
at times and it appears to me that she has a problem with trying too
hard to appear more complex than what her style really is. Some parts
are nice - general descriptions of farmer's markets, what is seeded
when. But it gets buried when being saddled with the
really odd descriptions of peach juice and needless exposition on how
the family makes their signs.
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