supercheesegirl

No big surprises here. In a lot of ways this is a sister-book to Hoffman's earlier collection, Blackbird House, in that both tell the story of a small Massachusetts town from its founding to the present, spanning hundreds of years, charting the evolution of the local geography and following the founders' descendants, seeing different names and character traits recur with each generation. Both books are books about love and about home. I enjoyed Blackbird House when I read it a few years ago, and I really liked The Red Garden now. Recommended.