### From Publishers Weekly *Starred Review.* [Signature]Reviewed by *Nina Planck*Michael Pollan is the crack investigator and graceful narrator of the ecology of local food and the toxic logic of industrial agriculture. Now he has a peer. Novelist Kingsolver recounts a year spent eating home-grown
Animal, vegetable, miracle a year of fod life
โ Scribed by Barbara Kingsolver
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper, Perennial
- Year
- 2017;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 629 KB
- Edition
- 1. Harper Perennial ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0060852569
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โฆ Synopsis
A beautiful deluxe trade paperback edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestseller, which describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain.
Since its publication in 2007, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has captivated readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation. Newly updated with original pieces from the entire Kingsolver clan, this commemorative volume explores how the family's original project has been carried forward through the years.
When Barbara Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what Barbara considers our nation's lost appreciation for farms...
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