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I haven't read the book and the comments make me even more eager to do so.
My interest in succulents began in 1948 when my grandfather took my mother, her friend and me to Twenty-nine Palms in California. Twenty-nine Palms is located north east of Palm Springs. It is the gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. Since I was only 5 just about to have my 6th birthday, I didn't remember much about the succulents.
This January I returned to Twenty-nine Palms for a short holiday: my husband had died in the fall and I wanted to be somewhere interesting during the time of our anniversary. A friend joined me and we explored Joshua Tree National Park over two days. I took pictures of many succulents and was fascinated to see the variety of succulents.
I took the pictures not only for a memory-aide. I am legally blind with residual vision. Looking at the pictures of succulents protected my nose from getting pricked.
Since I've been home I have bought two classes of succulents: those that like direct sun and those that tolerate only filtered sun. I would like to transplant those that love direct sun into a sunny place in my garden. I have a planter that I think will be ok and I know that the succulents want to be closely planted. I would also like to plant or organize the filtered sun succulents in some type of planting.
The book would be a great help and delight for me to read and use in guiding my new interest in succulents.
I'm sorry that this post reads more like a plea to win the book than as a book review.