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.

Listening Length ‏ : ‎ 14 hours and 35 minutes
Author ‏ : ‎ Barbara Kingsolver, see all
Narrator ‏ : ‎ Barbara Kingsolver, see all
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2007
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000Q66GCY
Version ‏ : ‎ Unabridged
Program Type ‏ : ‎ Audiobook
Best Sellers Rank: #18,810 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #2 in Gardening & Horticulture (Audible Books & Originals) #4 in Sustainable & Green Living #7 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture
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Customers find this book life-changing and highly informative, with well-researched content and interesting trivia. They appreciate its readability, with many finishing it and reading it a second time, and value its personal stories and engaging writing style. The book includes complete, easy-to-follow recipes, and customers find it humorous, with many laughing out loud while reading.