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“What kind of man goes to Annapolis, becomes a naval officer, commands ships, and then sits on his ship in the middle of the Mediterranean dreaming of gerbils?” That’s the question that provoked Holly Robinson to ponder why her father secretly began raising gerbils in their Virginia garage during her early childhood and eventually turned gerbil farming into his second career.
In The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter, Robinson tells the warm and comic story of her father’s peculiar obsession and her own life growing up as one of the “employees” in his oddly thriving, sometimes exasperating, often humorous venture.
Praise for The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter
“Wacky and tender...Robinson handles the heavy issues of longing and belonging with wonderful honesty and a light touch.” —Stewart O’Nan
"What a delightful, delicious coming-of-age story... It is as if E. B. White, Gerald Durrell, and Calvin Trillin had conspired to write the funniest, most charming, and unlikely of tales." —Jay Neugeboren
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The book gives some very interesting insights into this field of business, but jumps around a little too much with reminiscences from her childhood and teen years, with the result that many of these significant moments of her past seem ill-developed. Particularly baffling are numerous (conflicting) references to her physical appearance, attractiveness to boys/or lack thereof, and sexual escapades - where sex never actually appears to take place.
But overall, the book is well written and her memories are enchanting and frequently humorous - I just wish there were more. (