"I didn't really experience that as her being too much a part of the story," says author. "Her interest in the stuff and her enthusiasm for it and fascination with it is the thread that holds the book together."
This week: a non-fiction book that sometimes reads a lot like fiction, The Orchid Thief is only a little about the titular thief and a LOT about Florida and its history and its denizens. Plus, "orchidelirium," the part of the 19th century where the English aristocracy would just go wild for these bad boys.