Living root Book

I love to read memoirs, and I really wanted to like this book, but something about the way the author tells her story made it hard for me to connect with her. The book deals primarily with her summers in Spain, both as a child and later, after her parents have died in a cruise ship sinking, as a young adult who clearly has no idea what to do with herself. She appears to have no support system (which is certainly true in Spain), but I would have liked to know more about how she spent her time in England , which she apparently returned to every year. I do realize that the matter of fact way in which she described her experiences mirrors her mental and emotional states during those years, being so careful not to look to closely at the feelings she has buried, but it doesn't make for a fascinating read.