SALLY W. (thameslink) - reviewed on 6/11/2009 + 723 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I thought this was an incredibly charming read! A slim volume, but filled with the memoirs of Emily Whaley, who spent the first 20 years of her life in South Carolina's Low Country before marrying and moving to Charleston for the next 60+ years. She is the creator of the most visited garden in Charleston and while the book is peppered with gardening advice, it is really sketches of a life fully- and well-lived. She was born early in the 20th Century, so many of her memories are of a time that has now vanished. She skips from time period to time period, with a dash of gardening lore tossed in, but it is such an eminently readable book, that while you are left wanting more, you are also left a little in love with this remarkable woman. I highly recommend this book to anyone, gardener or not.

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