Craig Thompson is an award winning graphic novelist. This hard cover book is a compilation containing his comic book series relating to his unique experiences as it relates to Ginseng. Early childhood, coming of age, and family involvement in the Wisconsin Ginseng fields, part travel, part essays and political observations, along with cultural experiences are shared in comic book form with dialogue and detailed illustrations.

This was a learning experience for me as I am not an avid graphic novel reader. Digesting my experience upon completion, I dipped into something new and can sit back and say Wow I learned a great deal in this unique format.

From the beautiful cover to the well crafted story and characters I thoroughly enjoy this book. I found it to be believable, authentic, well thought out with characters I was interested in learning about. Amanda Peters crafted her book with great care as she took me on a journey with Norma/Ruthie and Joe. I appreciate when the author takes great care in bringing their story to a conclusion. Ms. Peters did just that. It was a story I will remember and recommend to friends.