Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family vowed
that, for one year, they'd only buy food raised in their own
neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part
memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes
in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
$15.99
"Loaded with terrific information about everything from growth
hormones to farm subsidies."
-Entertainment Weekly
"Charming . . . Literary magic . . . If you love the narrative
voice of Barbara Kingsolver, you will be thrilled."
-Houston Chronicle
"Kingsolver beautifully describes this experience."
-More Magazine
"Kingsolver elegantly chronicles a year of back-to-the-land
living…Readers...will take heart and inspiration here."
-Kirkus Reviews
"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)
"Anyone who read and appreciated THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA by Michael
Pollan will want to read Barbara Kingsolver's book."
-Roanoke Times
"Every bit as transporting as-and more ecologically relevant
than-any "Year In Provence"-style
escapism...Earthy...informative....[and] englightened."
-Washington Post
"Kingsolver dresses down the American food complex…These
down-on-the-farm sections are inspiring and…compelling."
-Outside magazine
"Kingsolver…adds enough texture and zest to stir wistful yearnings
in all of us...[A] vicarious taste of domesticity."
-Christian Science Monitor
"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE is a chronicle of food feats…I'm
inclined to agree with most points Kingsolver makes."
-Chicago Sun-Times
"Highly digestible…Engaging."
-Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe
"A lovely book. "
-Los Angeles Times
"[This] is a book that, without being preachy, makes a solid case
for eating locally instead of globally."
-Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Full…of zest and sometimes ribald humor… Reading this book will
make you hungry."
-Raleigh News & Observer
"I defy anyone to read this book and walk away from it without
gaining at least the desire to change."
-Bookreporter.com
"Lessons learned in sustainability are worth feasting on-and
taking to heart."
-Self
"Faithful, funny, and thought-provoking...Readers-whether
vegetarian or carnivore-will not go hungry, literally or
literarily."
-BookPage
"Other notable writers have addressed this topic, but Kingsolver
claims it as her own....Self-deprecating instead of
self-righteous."
-Charlotte Observer
"[Kingsolver is] a master storyteller, and even those who've heard
this tale before will be captivated."
-Daily News
"A terrific effort. The delight for readers…is the chance to
experience the rediscovery of community through food."
-The Oregonian (Portland)
"Classy and disarming, substantive and entertaining, earnest and
funny....Kingsolver takes the genre to a new literary level."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE makes an important contribution to the
chorus of voices calling for change.""
-Chicago Tribune
"Charming...and persuasive...Each season-and chapter-unfolds with
a natural rhythm and mouth-watering appeal."
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Delectable . . . steeped in elegant prose and seasoned with smart
morsels about the food industry."
-Chicago Tribune
"Charming, zestful, funny and poetic…a serious book about
important problems."
-Washington Post Book World
"Provocative . . . Kingsolver . . . evokes the sheer joy of
producing one's own food."
-People
"If you're interested in learning more about healthful eating,
you'll want to read…ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE."
-Charlotte Observer
"Equal parts folk wisdom and political activism . . . This family
effort instructs as much as it entertains."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"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 profound, graceful, and literary work . . . Timeless. . . . It
can change who you are."
-Rick Bass, Boston Globe
"Kingsolver carries us along in her distinct and breezy
prose."
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Kingsolver, who writes evocatively about our connection to place,
does so here with characteristic glowing prose. She provides the
rapture."
-Miami Herald
"Homespun, unassuming, informed, positive, inspiring. . . .
Unstinting in its concerns about this imperiled planet."
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"[Written] with passion and hope…This novelist paints a compelling
big picture-broad and ambitious, with nary an extraneous
stroke."
-Rocky Mountain News