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Feb 24, 2020
Linda Martin
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it was amazing
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This memoir has a lot of info-dumps, mainly about trees. If you like trees, and who doesn't, you will learn more about them by reading this memoir. The information is balanced by a gradually unfolding personal interest story of a woman who was raised visiting her father's laboratory and who needed her own to be happy. She became a botanist. Her relationship with her lab assistant is deep and long-lasting, so he occupies a lot of the action in this book.
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This book was an enjoyable mix of sciences and human interest. The relationship Hope has with her lab partner Bill is quite quirky and is fun to watch grow. She does a wonderful job of detailing aspects or her research and plants/trees in general. I can recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about the green life around us as well as those curious about the life of research scientists
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