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For starters, I’m a woman and I’m into science, so this seems like the perfect read for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the personal stories, including those about Jahren’s childhood, her hospital work, struggles to get funding, the day-to-day real life of a scientist, and especially that of her long-time friendship with her lab partner, Bill. I just couldn’t get very interested in the interleaved chapters on the science of trees. I listened to the audiobook on a long flight and some of my difficulty g
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I almost gave up on this book after the first couple of chapters but I'm glad I stuck with it, because the Hope/Bill relationship is fascinating and the best part of the memoir. Other than that, I learned that (a) I don't find trees that interesting (sorry) and (b) I could never, ever, in a million years become a scientist -- I just don't have it in me to focus so minutely on something for such a long period of time. I didn't find this book particularly engaging, and probably didn't approach it
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changing this to four stars which is where I started out in the beginning. After listening to the Slate book club discussion podcast I realize that I really liked this book and I've thought a lot about it since finishing it
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