Kim W. (kimery) reviewed on 2/7/2010 + 224 more book reviews

This book was well-written but odd. This woman is sort of a stream-of-consciousness writer, she seems to cover whatever comes into her mind at a given time. The stories she tells about clients calling a help line are interesting, then she's off on Walt Whitman, then on to hummingbirds, with an astonishing amount of detail on the seemingly separate topics. She has a lot of interests and notices a lot in the world, and that's refreshing. But it really was a bit disjointed and difficult to read for me. On the jacket, someone talked about "funny" stories and I must say I didn't laugh once in reading the book, it mostly seemed sad (suicides) and pastoral (flora and fauna). Interesting, I didn't dislike it but didn't love it either.

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