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Format:Trade Paperback

Dimensions:400 Pages, 5.11 x 8.11 x 1.11 in

Published:April 18, 2008

Publisher:Harper Morrow Group

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10:0060852569
ISBN - 13:9780060852566

From the Publisher

Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life--vowing 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.

About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955 in Annapolis, Maryland and grew up in Eastern Kentucky. As a child, Kingsolver used to beg her mother to tell her bedtime stories. She soon started to write stories and essays of her own, and at the age of nine, she began to keep a journal. After graduating with a degree in biology form De Pauw University in Indiana in 1977, Kingsolver pursued graduate studies in biology and ecology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She earned her Master of Science degree in the early 1980s. A position as a science writer for the University of Arizona soon led Kingsolver into feature writing for journals and newspapers. Her articles have appeared in a number of publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, and Smithsonian magazines. In 1985, she married a chemist, becoming pregnant the following year. During her pregnancy, Kingsolver suffered from insomnia. To ease her boredom when she couldn't sleep, she began writing fiction Barbara Kingsolver's first fiction novel, The Bean Trees, published in 1988, is about a young woman who leaves rural Kentucky and finds herself living in urban Tucson. Since then, Kingsolver has written other novels, including Holding the Line, Homeland, and Pigs in Heaven. In 1995, after the publication of her essay collection High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never, Kingsolver was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from her alma mater, De Pauw University.

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Absolutely Inspiring!

9 months ago

This book was so inspirational I even got my husband to read it. And he loved it too! It has definately made us make changes in our life. I never ever knew heirloom vegetable existed but now that is all I grow and have even purchased books on seed saving. This way of thinking has even snowballed into us thinking of living naturally as possible! We now make out own soap and lotions and lip balm. We also make the mozzarella cheese like in the book! Please read this book, I cannot say enough… + read more
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Monkeysmum
PACKED full of essential information.

This review is from: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Unabridged Cd: A Year Of Food Life: A Year of Food Life (Audio Book (CD))

2 years ago

Wow! This book is like solid gold. Honestly, it took me a while to read it because I kept having to re read and then stop and "digest" what I'd read. I feel that EVERYONE who has the slightest interest in their health should read it! It is beautifully written, full of delicious memoirs and packed full of information. Possible one of the most influential books I've read.
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Ellen Shenk
Wonderfully interesting!

11 months ago

With "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" Barbara Kingsolver enters the realm of hundred-mile diet books. But this is a hundred-mile diet book with a difference. The text is absolutely readable and Kingsolver's inerring storytelling ability makes the book extremely interesting. There is nothing preachy about this story of one family's year of eating locally. It is fascinating and none of the information presented is difficult to understand. In fact, she helps expand knowledge about this diet and… + read more
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Anonymous
Miraculously Wonderful!

This review is from: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Unabridged Cd: A Year Of Food Life: A Year of Food Life (Audio Book (CD))

2 years ago

An unexpected but delightful treasure. Barbara has given the reader a window into her family's life over the year following their return to her roots. Has made me yearn to return to my family roots and the farm we no longer have -- including the turkeys. Thank you, Barbara.
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Cari Eitzen
Animal Vegtable Miracle

2 years ago

Easy read with challenging ideas. This book was my most influentional read of 2007. It has positively impacted my family and friends to be more aware of 'where' what we are eating originating from, and the season in which we are eating it!
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Cari Eitzen
Animal Vegtable Miracle

2 years ago

Easy read with challenging ideas. This book was my most influentional read of 2007. It has positively impacted my family and friends to be more aware of 'where' what we are eating originating from, and the season in which we are eating it!
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