I wish more non-fiction books were like this. Robin Wall Kimmerer effortlessly blends her life and history into her knowledge and experiences of science and nature in a way that I haven't seen very often.

I learnt things about mosses that I hadn't known and loved that the main focus of the book remained on natural history and her indigenous and scientific knowledge of it, rather than passing too much into the unrelated randomness that some non-fiction books do.

It took me a while to get into the book. Scientific terms and ideas pass by so quickly that I felt myself loosing what was being said. When I took a step back and enjoyed it for what it was and went with the flow, it was a much more enjoyable read.

It did leave me super curious to know who the mysterious rich person was who she'd been hired to consult for was though! 😂