Intelligently told and beautifully written. The author makes us care about the characters and their plight
Many thanks to University of Nevada Press and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion

I have to say that I always enjoy the books that come from the University of Nevada Press. You get good quality writing with a solid story line.
Weave Me a Crooked Basket has lovable imperfect characters that have just enough quirk to make them interesting yet still believable. I loved how art and farming played such a big role in this story and the arc of the story was very satisfying. As you read, you feel more and more immersed and hopeful for a happy, but not sappy ending. And that is just what you get.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book. Really nicely done and enjoyable to read.

The power of family , community, and growing - actual and metaphorical.
A small family farm in the Northwest in 2nd generation transition. The author clearly knows the horticulture of both greenhouse gardening and organic farming and makes this solid story-telling fiction via original characters with interior lives: retired NFL footballer trying to build a farm business to serve the community , a mid 30's woman at odds with her brother, a nasty divorce, working the green house to stabilize her life while helping her father through end stage cancer, an adopted brother of Vietnamese heritage in refuge at the arm from a nasty run in with bikers and legal battle, who is the artist that envisions earthworks, mapping, tying art to the land, as plumber, painter, sculptor learning to weave from his indigenous sister in law, and a bringing together a community of protest against university/developer takeover by building an "art farm".
I am drawn to the definition of place, personhood, family, all in relationship to the responsibility of land management. With all the bonds and battles, this is ultimately a story of finding belonging despite change and loss and renewal that life/nature will always provide.

A beautifully heart-warming story full of family, friendship and amazingly descriptive horticulture you'll want to get into gardening after reading this. This was such a wonderful story showing the power humans hold and how you should never let anything get you down. I loved all the characters, their interactions and how they were all unique in their own way. I think this would make a perfect summer read.

Thanks to NetGalley and University of Nevada Press for the opportunity to read Weave Me A Crooked Basket by Charles Goodrich, a hopeful story with memorable characters.