The women remain in the shadow of the author.
Why Women GrowI could not engage with this book. The author interviews various women gardeners to discover why they enjoy their gardens and what led them to become gardeners. It has received glowing reviews and even been punted as giving an empowering voice to women who are 'silenced and overlooked' (Waterstones ). But I could not find any of that in her interviews. At first I thought I was not relating to it because all the plants discussed are foreign and unknown to me, but later realised there was more to my antipathy than that. I never really developed any lasting impression of any of the interviewees - the women all seemed incidental to the author's desire to express her own ideas and opinions. After 'The Well Gardened Mind' that we had before, this was a disappointing read.