Bring On Lemons

Book Review: My Father’s Gardens by Karen Levy Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto My Father’s Gardens  is a memoir written so eloquently it reads like poetry. Levy tells the story of her upbringing and coming of age. She is an Israeli native torn between her home land and the United States just as she is torn between her warring parents. Levy writes:  Beautiful families keep ugly secrets, contained in pretty boxes.  Yet Levy herself keeps no secrets from her readers. She shares her lessons and her love through her art of storytelling.  My Father’s Gardens  is beautifully written and will tug at your heartstrings from cover to cover. Levy’s style of writing reads like the loveliest poetry. I found myself highlighting sentences and phrases because of the pictures I was able to conjure through her words: ·           Bolts of electricity mythological in proportion rip through the night skies… ·  ...