Reviews of “Eating Dirt”
 Eating Dirt"A thoroughly Canadian story, Eating Dirt, is not out of place alongside other classic memoirs of the bush by Susanna Moodie or Farley Mowat." Quill & Quire, Dec 1, 2011 Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Gill's story of a life spent planting seedlings for pay, mandated in Canada's clear-cut forests, is entrancing if horrifying. The dirt, physical pain, loneliness, camaraderie and primordial awe are elbowing for space in Gill's remarkable memoir of an awful job." Toronto Star, Nov 25, 2011 Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"The book is like a forest itself. It's very rich and the writing is lush, and full of imagery. Gill allows the reader to see the landscapes that she is travelling through. She is able to take the reader into the forest, and into the brutal tree-planting experience." Daily Herald-Tribune, Nov 4, 2011 Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Gill gracefully guides us through the world of the tree planter from the beginning to the end of a season, dedicating plenty of attention to the details of bush life. And nestled among her personal experiences is her perspective on the world behind the industry: the politics, science and history of forestry around the globe. Gill's strength lies in describing the people she has met...They practically jump off the page, thanks to her beautiful prose and sensitivity to detail." Winnipeg Free Press, Oct 22, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Her prose style suits the subject: short, stabbing sentences like tree trunks or mosquito bites." Montreal Gazette, Oct 21, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Eating Dirt, will endure as a testament to the vital but often overlooked actual and symbolic role that forests, tree-planters and tree-planting continue to play in our times." The Tyee, Oct 21, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Gill...brings all her storytelling ability to make her tree-planting 'tribe' come alive. These are human beings, all right, and the descriptions of their trials and triumphs, the rigours and rewards of tree planting in these massive landscapes are eloquent and evocative...It’s a unique work, a lyric saga of toil and sweat and a meditation on the complexities of nature and the changes human beings bring." Vancouver Sun, Oct 7, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Gill's book, Eating Dirt is a gritty look into the lives of tree planters." Burns Lake Lakes District News, Oct 5, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"[For Charlotte Gill] there are no more hips bruised from carrying bags of trees, no more blistered heels, legs rubbed hairless from chafing, no more encounters with bears sniffing at the wild air, no more falling into blurry, wine-dark taverns in lumber towns, but for readers, there is this book, this experience, this gift..." Vancouver Sun, Oct 2, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |
Eating Dirt"Charlotte Gill recalls a season of tree planting, meditates on the cold, the heat, the bugs, the bears, the glories of old forests and earthy kinship in her memoir, Eating Dirt." Toronto Star, Oct 1, 2011 Read more >>Read more about Eating Dirt >> |