The book looks at the author’s interest in mushroom hunting and her grief following her husbands unexpected death. I feel mildly guilty judging someone else expression of grief, but this was just not a good fit book for me. I felt that the jumping around in topics and time periods was confusing and prevented an in-depth look at any of the mushroom topics. Also, this books really needs footnotes. I have noticed the lack of footnotes to be a problem with popular science books. There is a bibliography but no indication of what information is where and thus, no ability to either learn more or judge the validity of it. I am not sure if I should treat if more as a memoir, in which case it was vague and not very detailed, or a science book, in which case it was also vague and not very detailed. All in all, interesting concept but poor execution. Mushroom pictures were fun on a happy note to end.