Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of
fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, Flight Behavior, The
Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as
well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work
of narrative nonfiction is the influential bestseller Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been
translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary
awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She was awarded
the National Humanities Medal, our country's highest honor for
service through the arts, as well as the Dayton Literary Peace
Prize for the body of her work. She lives with her family on a farm
in southern Appalachia.
Camille Kingsolver graduated from Duke University in 2009 and
currently works in the mental health field. She is an active
advocate for the local-food movement, doing public speaking for
young adults of her own generation navigating food choices in a
difficult economy. She lives in Asheville, N.C., and grows a
vegetable garden in her front yard.
Steven L. Hopp was trained in life sciences and received his PhD
from Indiana University. He has published papers in bioacoustics,
ornithology, animal behavior and more recently in sustainable
agriculture. He is the founder and director of the Meadowview
Farmers Guild, a community development project that includes a
local foods restaurant and general store that source their products
locally. He teaches at Emory & Henry College in the Environmental
Studies department. He coauthored Animal, Vegetable, Miracle with
Barbara Kingsolver and Camille Kingsolver.
"Charming, zestful, funny and poetic...a serious book about important problems." -- Washington Post Book World"Charming . . . Literary magic . . . If you love the narrative voice of Barbara Kingsolver, you will be thrilled." -- Houston Chronicle"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE makes an important contribution to the chorus of voices calling for change."" -- Chicago Tribune"If you...buy...one book this summer, make it this one...As satisfying and complete as a down home supper." -- Tucson Citizen"Engaging...Absorbing...Lovely food writing...[Kingsolver] succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend." -- Corby Kummer, New York Times Book Review"A lovely book. " -- Los Angeles Times"[Written] with passion and hope...This novelist paints a compelling big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous stroke." -- Rocky Mountain News"Homespun, unassuming, informed, positive, inspiring. . . . Unstinting in its concerns about this imperiled planet." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer"A profound, graceful, and literary work . . . Timeless. . . . It can change who you are." -- Rick Bass, Boston Globe"Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Kingsolver elegantly chronicles a year of back-to-the-land living...Readers...will take heart and inspiration here." -- Kirkus Reviews"Kingsolver beautifully describes this experience." -- More Magazine"Kingsolver dresses down the American food complex...These down-on-the-farm sections are inspiring and...compelling." -- Outside magazine"Faithful, funny, and thought-provoking...Readers-whether vegetarian or carnivore-will not go hungry, literally or literarily." -- BookPage"Equal parts folk wisdom and political activism . . . This family effort instructs as much as it entertains." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Full...of zest and sometimes ribald humor... Reading this book will make you hungry." -- Raleigh News & Observer"Lessons learned in sustainability are worth feasting on-and taking to heart." -- Self"Every bit as transporting as-and more ecologically relevant than-any "Year In Provence"-style escapism...Earthy...informative....[and] englightened." -- Washington Post"Provocative . . . Kingsolver . . . evokes the sheer joy of producing one's own food." -- People"An impassioned, sensual, smart and witty narrative...Kinsolver is a master at leavening a serious message with humor." -- St. Petersburg Times"Wry, insightful and inspiring to anyone who yearns to work with the earth." -- Chicago Tribune (on the audiobook)"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)"Kingsolver, who writes evocatively about our connection to place, does so here with characteristic glowing prose. She provides the rapture." -- Miami Herald"If you're interested in learning more about healthful eating, you'll want to read...ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE." -- Charlotte Observer"Loaded with terrific information about everything from growth hormones to farm subsidies." -- Entertainment Weekly"Kingsolver carries us along in her distinct and breezy prose." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"I defy anyone to read this book and walk away from it without gaining at least the desire to change." -- Bookreporter.com"Charming...and persuasive...Each season-and chapter-unfolds with a natural rhythm and mouth-watering appeal." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"Anyone who read and appreciated THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan will want to read Barbara Kingsolver's book." -- Roanoke Times"[This] is a book that, without being preachy, makes a solid case for eating locally instead of globally." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch"Highly digestible...Engaging." -- Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe"Other notable writers have addressed this topic, but Kingsolver claims it as her own....Self-deprecating instead of self-righteous." -- Charlotte Observer"Delectable . . . steeped in elegant prose and seasoned with smart morsels about the food industry." -- Chicago Tribune"[Kingsolver is] a master storyteller, and even those who've heard this tale before will be captivated." -- Daily News"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE is a chronicle of food feats...I'm inclined to agree with most points Kingsolver makes." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Best-selling novelist Kingsolver and her family moved from Tucson, AZ, to the fertile lands of Southern Appalachia, where agriculture is an accepted excuse for absence from school, to undertake an experiment of sorts. The family joined the locavore movement, which promotes eating only what is locally raised, grown, and produced. This account of their ongoing experiment is a family affair: daughter Lily morphs into a poultry entrepreneur; daughter Camille, a college student, sprinkles her own anecdotes and seasonal menus throughout; and essays by Kingsolver's husband, Hopp, an academic, warn of the high cost of chemical pesticides, fossil fuels, and processed foods environmentally, financially, and on our health. Patience is a virtue in this undertaking, which calls for eating only what is in season; however, Kingsolver's passion for food and near sensual delight in what she pulls from her garden make the enterprise seem enticing. The author's narration is homey, folksy, and warm; Camille and Hopp narrate as well. Part memoir, part how-to, and part agricultural education, this book is both timely and entertaining. With Kingsolver's broad readership; a large movement toward organic, healthful eating; and heavy media attention on the subject, expect demand. Recommended for public libraries.--Risa Getman, Hendrick Hudson Free Lib., Montrose, NY Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
"Charming, zestful, funny and poetic...a serious book about important problems." -- Washington Post Book World"Charming . . . Literary magic . . . If you love the narrative voice of Barbara Kingsolver, you will be thrilled." -- Houston Chronicle"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE makes an important contribution to the chorus of voices calling for change."" -- Chicago Tribune"If you...buy...one book this summer, make it this one...As satisfying and complete as a down home supper." -- Tucson Citizen"Engaging...Absorbing...Lovely food writing...[Kingsolver] succeeds at adopting the warm tone of a confiding friend." -- Corby Kummer, New York Times Book Review"A lovely book. " -- Los Angeles Times"[Written] with passion and hope...This novelist paints a compelling big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous stroke." -- Rocky Mountain News"Homespun, unassuming, informed, positive, inspiring. . . . Unstinting in its concerns about this imperiled planet." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer"A profound, graceful, and literary work . . . Timeless. . . . It can change who you are." -- Rick Bass, Boston Globe"Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Kingsolver elegantly chronicles a year of back-to-the-land living...Readers...will take heart and inspiration here." -- Kirkus Reviews"Kingsolver beautifully describes this experience." -- More Magazine"Kingsolver dresses down the American food complex...These down-on-the-farm sections are inspiring and...compelling." -- Outside magazine"Faithful, funny, and thought-provoking...Readers-whether vegetarian or carnivore-will not go hungry, literally or literarily." -- BookPage"Equal parts folk wisdom and political activism . . . This family effort instructs as much as it entertains." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Full...of zest and sometimes ribald humor... Reading this book will make you hungry." -- Raleigh News & Observer"Lessons learned in sustainability are worth feasting on-and taking to heart." -- Self"Every bit as transporting as-and more ecologically relevant than-any "Year In Provence"-style escapism...Earthy...informative....[and] englightened." -- Washington Post"Provocative . . . Kingsolver . . . evokes the sheer joy of producing one's own food." -- People"An impassioned, sensual, smart and witty narrative...Kinsolver is a master at leavening a serious message with humor." -- St. Petersburg Times"Wry, insightful and inspiring to anyone who yearns to work with the earth." -- Chicago Tribune (on the audiobook)"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)"Kingsolver, who writes evocatively about our connection to place, does so here with characteristic glowing prose. She provides the rapture." -- Miami Herald"If you're interested in learning more about healthful eating, you'll want to read...ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE." -- Charlotte Observer"Loaded with terrific information about everything from growth hormones to farm subsidies." -- Entertainment Weekly"Kingsolver carries us along in her distinct and breezy prose." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"I defy anyone to read this book and walk away from it without gaining at least the desire to change." -- Bookreporter.com"Charming...and persuasive...Each season-and chapter-unfolds with a natural rhythm and mouth-watering appeal." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"Anyone who read and appreciated THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan will want to read Barbara Kingsolver's book." -- Roanoke Times"[This] is a book that, without being preachy, makes a solid case for eating locally instead of globally." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch"Highly digestible...Engaging." -- Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe"Other notable writers have addressed this topic, but Kingsolver claims it as her own....Self-deprecating instead of self-righteous." -- Charlotte Observer"Delectable . . . steeped in elegant prose and seasoned with smart morsels about the food industry." -- Chicago Tribune"[Kingsolver is] a master storyteller, and even those who've heard this tale before will be captivated." -- Daily News"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE is a chronicle of food feats...I'm inclined to agree with most points Kingsolver makes." -- Chicago Sun-Times
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