Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver (Auteur), Camille Kingsolver (Auteur), Steven L. Hopp (Auteur)

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“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 )