The concept and prose are great, I just found it, at least on audiobook, despite the authors fantastic narration (which is kind of rare for an author reading their own book, so props for that), I found it difficult to absorb all the information. It’s a lot of facts about her homeland, and I love the connection being drawn between herself and the land as a singular self history, but in practice I just found that it was hit and miss.

I may like this more as a physical artifact because I tend to retain information like this much better when reading. But I also don’t seek out information like this because it’s not how I learn best. So it may just be for me specifically it was more challenging than for the average reader.

Either way, I can see why it’s a Canada Reads nominee and I like the concept and narration and prose enough that it was enjoyable. I just know that I did not retain a lot of the information imparted, which dampens the experience when reflecting on it.