Saturday, January 28, 2006

The Bark of the Dogwood

The Bark of the Dogwood, A tour of Southern homes and gardens
by Jackson Tippet McCrae
3 1/2 of 5

This book definitely had a lot going for it. So why the poor rating, you ask? The story is set up with chapters alternating between the story of a journalist assigned to do a home and gardens of the South feature for a magazine, and the actual articles he writes (memoirs from his childhood in the South). The articles were terrific, the narratives between articles - not so great. Top it off with a truly bizarre ending that I still haven't quite come to grips with, and the end result is a mediocre to good book.