Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A

Kingsolver, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0060852569 / ISBN 13: 9780060852566

Published by Harper Perennial, 2008

Very Good. Seller Inventory # 00083696359

Synopsis:

The National Humanities Medal-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.

Review: "Engaging.Absorbing.Lovely food writing.[Kingsolver] succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend." -- Corby Kummer, New York Times Book Review

"Highly digestible.Engaging." -- Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe

"[Written] with passion and hope.This novelist paints a compelling big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous stroke." -- Rocky Mountain News

"Kingsolver.adds enough texture and zest to stir wistful yearnings in all of us...[A] vicarious taste of domesticity." -- Christian Science Monitor

"A terrific effort. The delight for readers.is the chance to experience the rediscovery of community through food." -- The Oregonian (Portland)

"A lovely book. " -- Los Angeles Times

"Full.of zest and sometimes ribald humor. Reading this book will make you hungry." -- Raleigh News & Observer

"Charming, zestful, funny and poetic.a serious book about important problems." -- Washington Post Book World

A lovely book. --Los Angeles Times

"Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good