Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver, and Lily Hopp Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser

Author: Kingsolver, Barbara
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2017.
Edition: Tenth anniversary edition.
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Additional Creators: Hopp, Steven L., 1954- and Kingsolver, Camille, 1987-

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Contents

Called home -- Waiting for asparagus : late March -- Springing forward -- Stalking the vegetannual -- Molly Mooching : April -- The birds and the bees -- Gratitude : May -- Growing trust : mid-June -- Six impossible things before breakfast : late June -- Eating neighborly : late June -- Slow food nations : late June -- Zucchini larceny : July -- Life in a red state : August -- You can't run away on harvest day : September -- Where fish wear crowns : September -- Smashing pumpkins : October -- Celebration days : November-December -- What do you eat in January? -- Hungry month : February-March -- Time begins.

Summary

"When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. 'Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed, starting with dirt, seeds, and enough knowledge to muddle through. Or starting with baby animals, and enough sense to refrain from naming them'"--

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ISBN

9780062653055 (paperback)
0062653059

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403) and index.

Dedication

Selected to honor Julie V. Stanton, on the occasion of receiving tenure-promotion; and purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2021.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment

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