I can't stop reading. Or buying books. Or talking about books.
My favorite part of this book was the garden map that made up the inside covers. As a gardening memoir, it was underwhelming; I think I'd appreciate more a modern garden memoir written by someone closer to my demographic.
I recognize that it's a good story, well told, without having actually enjoyed it very much; I'm not overly fond of multi-generational family stories, or fairly recent American history. I picked it up because I was interested in reading something by Vidal.