pondweed reviewed Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
"Memorial Days" review
5 stars
Memorial Days is a wonderful first foray into memoirs. It's incredibly poignant; Geraldine's voice is plain but very strong, and the way that she describes the natural world is one if my favourite things about this. Tony really comes alive through her writing, as does the grieving process. Her anecdotes are beautiful, although the jumping between 2023 and 2019 did admittedly mix me up on occasion. It's a wonderful read and I didn't notice that I was nearly done until I finished it.