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[Lynn Ronkainen]

Sally>Poisonwood Bible especially

I also very much enjoyed so many elements of this book - so many underlying messages and especially writing technique with each chapter written/seen through the eyes and emotional reality of a different character. 
Lynn 



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On Sep 22, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, I read it. Highly recommended, but I like eveything she writes.
Poisonwood Bible especially.

Sally D

On Wednesday, 21 September 2016, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anyone read it? I hope to soon. I never made it through the previous
> one: The <Something Something> Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Good
> book; I'm too slow. I'll try again with this one.
> 
> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
> by Barbara Kingsolver
> is the 27th selection for
> One Book, One Chicago.
> This year's program explores the theme
> Eat Think Grow.
> 
> Since its release in May 2007, Animal Vegetable, Miracle has helped
> launch a modern transition in America’s attitudes toward food. In this
> lively account of a family’s year of eating locally on their farm in
> Southern Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver and her coauthors unearth the
> secret lives of vegetables and the unexpected satisfactions of knowing
> their food producers — and sometimes their dinner — on a first-name
> basis.
> 
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>