Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, theyd only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
“Kingsolver…adds enough texture and zest to stir wistful yearnings in all of us...[A] vicarious taste of domesticity.”
“If you’re interested in learning more about healthful eating, you’ll want to read…ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE.”
“Charming, zestful, funny and poetic…a serious book about important problems.”
“[Kingsolver is] a master storyteller, and even those who’ve heard this tale before will be captivated.”
“Every bit as transporting as-and more ecologically relevant than-any “Year In Provence”-style escapism...Earthy...informative....[and] englightened.”
“Delectable . . . steeped in elegant prose and seasoned with smart morsels about the food industry.”
“Kingsolver dresses down the American food complex…These down-on-the-farm sections are inspiring and…compelling.”
“Highly digestible…Engaging.”
“A profound, graceful, and literary work . . . Timeless. . . . It can change who you are.”
“Charming...and persuasive...Each season-and chapter-unfolds with a natural rhythm and mouth-watering appeal.”
“Loaded with terrific information about everything from growth hormones to farm subsidies.”
“Charming . . . Literary magic . . . If you love the narrative voice of Barbara Kingsolver, you will be thrilled.”
“Engaging…Absorbing…Lovely food writing…[Kingsolver] succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend.”
“Equal parts folk wisdom and political activism . . . This family effort instructs as much as it entertains.”
“Other notable writers have addressed this topic, but Kingsolver claims it as her own....Self-deprecating instead of self-righteous.”
“ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE is a chronicle of food feats…I’m inclined to agree with most points Kingsolver makes.”
“Kingsolver, who writes evocatively about our connection to place, does so here with characteristic glowing prose. She provides the rapture.”
“Provocative . . . Kingsolver . . . evokes the sheer joy of producing one’s own food.”
“Wry, insightful and inspiring to anyone who yearns to work with the earth.”
“Kingsolver beautifully describes this experience.”
“Faithful, funny, and thought-provoking...Readers-whether vegetarian or carnivore-will not go hungry, literally or literarily.”
“Lessons learned in sustainability are worth feasting on-and taking to heart.”
“Kingsolver elegantly chronicles a year of back-to-the-land living…Readers...will take heart and inspiration here.”
“If you...buy...one book this summer, make it this one...As satisfying and complete as a down home supper.”
“I defy anyone to read this book and walk away from it without gaining at least the desire to change.”
“An impassioned, sensual, smart and witty narrative…Kinsolver is a master at leavening a serious message with humor.”
“A terrific effort. The delight for readers…is the chance to experience the rediscovery of community through food.”
“Full…of zest and sometimes ribald humor… Reading this book will make you hungry.”
“ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE makes an important contribution to the chorus of voices calling for change.””
“Homespun, unassuming, informed, positive, inspiring. . . . Unstinting in its concerns about this imperiled planet.”
“A lovely book. ”
“[This] is a book that, without being preachy, makes a solid case for eating locally instead of globally.”
“Anyone who read and appreciated THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan will want to read Barbara Kingsolver’s book.”
“Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level.”
“[Written] with passion and hope…This novelist paints a compelling big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous stroke.”
“Kingsolver carries us along in her distinct and breezy prose.”
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.
Distributor: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 04-29-2008
Pages: 400
Measurements: 8in X 5.3125in X 0.961538in X 16.40oz
