Bibb Country by Lonnae O’Neal is an unusual and very interesting book about Bibb lettuce and the almost 200 history of the Bibb family, in Kentucky. Just as there are many kinds of lettuce, there are many kinds of people and races that make up the Bibb family genealogy. Salad toppings and slavers and family struggles get equal, and very interesting attention in this book. (And even manatees play a part in the history of Bibb lettuce.) The author truly poured her heart into this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Andscape books for an advance review copy. This is my honest review.

This a moving story that defies categories, but that speaks from the heart and to the heart. Well written and impactful.