I bought this small hardcover totally on the strength of its lovely cover. The author is from Perth, Western Australia and this proved a surprising read. It wasn't always a happy tale because life isn't always happy, but I enjoyed looking through the window into Carolyn's life. Her diary, in that each entry is dated, reads more like a journal. There's more here than just daily jottings. The author openly shares with us her thoughts, reservations and insights. She talks of her success and failure trying to raise a garden in Western Australian, and reveals a tangle of daily thoughts as they tumble around in her head, like clothes in a dryer. We slowly come to realise that there's something wrong with her son, something not quite right and I felt the struggles to come to terms with these ongoing difficulties and the set backs in her, much loved garden were linked. The story is a quiet one, easily read, very honest. I was totally absorbed. ( )