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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

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“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston Globe

Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain

Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, 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. It's a modern classic that will endure for years to come.

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I loved every moment of this book and found myself mourning the end three chapters from completion. I hung on the edge of my seat waiting to see if Lolita would hatch her babies, as I also have heritage Turkey's I am raising for this same reason. As a family we are working on our own food journey and this book has inspired me to go even further. Thank you!

Best book ever! Spoke to my very soul.

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It was entertaining and inspiring to listen to a family feeding themselves locally for a year. Looking forward to planning and working in my garden.

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