Since both of us are "rowing north," we thought this would be interesting. However, it feels more of a memoir of a privileged life than a sort of guidebook for the average woman rowing northward.
Pipher got to "hold each grandchild" on the day they were born. Yippee. What about women without kids? Do you understand that that very sentence could make a woman slam the book shut and cry? Or how about women whose daughter-in-laws might not allow them access to the children - either on the day of birth or very often afterward?
There were cliches, which is a sign of bad writing in my opinion, and I get to have an opinion because I'm the READER and I'm devoting my valuable time. Please, no cliches!
Also, there are quite a few long-winded stories that just didn't pull me in. More than one story about her hands....what's up with the hands?
Anyway, this gets 2 stars out of 5. Sorry. Just didn't deliver.
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