Well as an Irish woman how could I not like a book about the importance of family and farming potatoes? As an undergraduate of Biochemistry in 2001, completing my Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2005, how could I not have been interested in the debates over genetically modified food specific to the early naughties? Add [a:Ruth Ozeki|7825|Ruth Ozeki|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1361732477p2/7825.jpg]'s writing into the mix (I have loved her since I listened to her reading of her novel [b:A Tale for the Time Being|15811545|A Tale for the Time Being|Ruth Ozeki|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1463767452s/15811545.jpg|21536809] on audible ) and yes this novel could have been written especially for me.

This is a book about abortions and infertility, farming and big pharma, old and new friendships, birth and death, science, philosophy, religion, etc. Mostly though it's about how we love, how we show it, what we do when someone dosesn't love us back, how teenagers drive their parents crazy and vice versa.

My only complaint? I wanted to slap the main character Yumi hard- what a complete selfish idiot!

I "read" this on audible and would also like to recommend the narrator Anna Fields.