Review: Not my ordinary read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2012
Whorticulture is not a book I would normally read, since my taste runs toward a less literary approach to story telling. I'm overwhelmingly glad I found this book and read to the end.This is a book about women in history and what they had to do to survive. It satisfies on a visceral level and also plays sly tricks on our preconceptions.  Whorticulture consists of four short stories set in post Civil War America, loosely related through the men encountered by women who must make their own way in the world. Written in an engaging style this is still not a book to be taken lightly nor does it spare reader or character.  I recommend this book to anyone ready for a very good read and look forward to the challenge of more books by Marie-Anne Mancio.