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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

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Hang on for the ride: with characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that's better for the neighborhood and also better on the table.

Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life, and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.

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In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Kingsolver reveals an old truth: you are what you eat. Unabridged. 9 CDs.

About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of seven works of fiction, including the novels The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction such as Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. In 2000, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal, our country's highest honor for service through the arts. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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Reggi, April 13, 2008 (view all comments by Reggi)
Barbara Kingsolver and her family take a year to only eat what they produce or what is locally produced. The book is good to read and the CD is great to listen to. Barbara, her daughter and husband read their parts to the story making it very personal. Not only do you hear their story but lots of information about food production. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book on CD, as with all Barbara Kingsolver books it is a gift to read.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060853570
Author:
Kingsolver, Barbara
Publisher:
HarperAudio
Read by:
Hopp, Steven L.
Read:
Hopp, Steven L.
Author:
Kingsolver, Camille
Author:
by Barbara Kingsolver
Author:
Hopp, Steven L.
Subject:
Organic
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Food habits
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Cookery
Subject:
Audiobooks
Subject:
Farm life - Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Biography - General
Edition Description:
Audio
Publication Date:
20070531
Binding:
COMPACT DISC
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Dimensions:
5.88x5.26x1.57 in. .69 lbs.
Media Run Time:
870

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