Reviews
"Sharply observed, beautifully written, and blazingly honest, Omega Farm is the memoir I didn't know to hope for - one that endeavors to make sense of that alien period around the pandemic when families reconfigured to shelter together. In this intimate family portrait, Martha McPhee returns to her childhood home where she's forced to confront a dark past while contending with a demanding present: a failing mother, an unhappy son, and a house and orchard in utter disarray. The book is a marvel, deftly telling the story of how we find out who we are, and what calls us to transcend." -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters and Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me "A hypnotic and moving tale about a daughter's determination to restore the run-down family farm and forest of her idyllic, utopian childhood, only to be haunted by family secrets and memories she cannot undo. With grit and determination, Martha McPhee explores the hurts that define us, and the love that sustains." --Jill Bialosky, author of History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life and The Deceptions "Martha's McPhee's Omega Farm, set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the small family forest where she took shelter, manages to capture the trauma of childhood while also finding love, and healing. I will carry this story of her chaotic, vibrant beginning for a long time." --Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon "A beautiful, brutal tale of one woman's reckoning with her childhood and awakening to the world around her. Immersive and unforgettable." --Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age, "Sharply observed, beautifully written, and blazingly honest, Omega Farm is the memoir I didn't know to hope for - one that endeavors to make sense of that alien period around the pandemic when families reconfigured to shelter together. In this intimate family portrait, Martha McPhee returns to her childhood home where she's forced to confront a dark past while contending with a demanding present: a failing mother, an unhappy son, and a house and orchard in utter disarray. The book is a marvel, deftly telling the story of how we find out who we are, and what calls us to transcend." -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me "A hypnotic and moving tale about a daughter's determination to restore the run-down family farm and forest of her idyllic, utopian childhood, only to be haunted by family secrets and memories she cannot undo. With grit and determination, Martha McPhee explores the hurts that define us, and the love that sustains." --Jill Bialosky, author of History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life and The Deceptions "Martha's McPhee's Omega Farm, set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the small family forest where she took shelter, manages to capture the trauma of childhood while also finding love, and healing. I will carry this story of her chaotic, vibrant beginning for a long time." --Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon "A beautiful, brutal tale of one woman's reckoning with her childhood and awakening to the world around her. Immersive and unforgettable." --Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age, "Sharply observed, beautifully written, and blazingly honest, Omega Farm is the memoir I didn't know to hope for - one that endeavors to make sense of that alien period around the pandemic when families reconfigured to shelter together. In this intimate family portrait, Martha McPhee returns to her childhood home where she's forced to confront a dark past while contending with a demanding present: a failing mother, an unhappy son, and a house and orchard in utter disarray. The book is a marvel, deftly telling the story of how we find out who we are, and what calls us to transcend." -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters and Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me "In this unputdownable pandemic memoir about midlife spin-out, Martha McPhee recounts, with candor and grace, the raw, vital work of clearing the wreckage a chaotic childhood has left behind." -- Ada Calhoun, New York Times -bestselling author of Also a Poet and Why We Can't Sleep "A hypnotic and moving tale about a daughter's determination to restore the run-down family farm and forest of her idyllic, utopian childhood, only to be haunted by family secrets and memories she cannot undo. With grit and determination, Martha McPhee explores the hurts that define us, and the love that sustains." --Jill Bialosky, author of History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life and The Deceptions "Martha's McPhee's Omega Farm, set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and the small family forest where she took shelter, manages to capture the trauma of childhood while also finding love, and healing. I will carry this story of her chaotic, vibrant beginning for a long time." --Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon "A beautiful, brutal tale of one woman's reckoning with her childhood and awakening to the world around her. Immersive and unforgettable." --Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age