I found this book at the library’s ongoing used book sale for $1. I read it before during university, and now that I’m both building a personal library and have fully realized that I love books that describe the minutiae of living, it was an easy sell. I enjoyed reading it again but, as in university, I still missed the more literary aspects of this biography cum novel – such as what the family’s move at the end means to all the chapters before it about the value of living in the bush. The essay at the end of this edition showed me that and reminded me that I need a more critical eye.