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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-16-09 08:51 AM
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Book Recommendation: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Packed with invaluable information for progressives. It is making me want to move back to Virginia.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-16-09 08:55 AM
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1. I love Kingsolver. Even her fiction exudes connection with
nature and her surroundings. And her writing is beautiful.

Thanks for the rec.
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TNDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-16-09 08:58 AM
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2. Wonderful book.
Also try to see Food, Inc. if you haven't.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-16-09 09:04 AM
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3. I'm afraid to.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 01:27 AM
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5. Why? Don't be .. there were a few areas I skipped
just b/c I didn't want to read the lurid awful details of factory farmed animals, but you can spot those areas coming a mile away (mostly written by her husband and collaborator, Stephen Hopp).

It's a wonderful book.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 07:49 AM
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6. Did they write the script for Food, Inc?
I'm the one who originally recommended Vegetable, Animal, Miracle. I'm afraid to watch the documentary, not read the book. The books is amazing!

As an aside, I am insanely curious as to what "Name Removed" had to say about this book recommendation that could have gotten the response zapped.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-18-09 01:06 AM
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7. me, too - wondering what the "Name Removed" comment was.
:D

Oh, no, I could never never never never never watch it. Nor Food, Inc. I'm with you there.

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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-19-09 10:23 AM
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8. One of my favorites.
She's the one that started me on my journey through several other books and led to the change in the way we eat.

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food both by Michael Pollan
Diet for a Dead Planet by Christopher Cook

:hi:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-20-09 07:59 PM
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9. It is a really wonderful book
I have read several of her books and never been disappointed
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 06:11 PM
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10. The Poinsonwood Bible is easily the best contemporary novel I've ever read.
Light years from The Bean Trees. I'll have to remember to read this one -- she read some on BookTv some time ago.
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jivamuhkti Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-14-09 01:52 PM
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11. I started reading it from the library but never finished it; it's great, though
I will check it out again when I'm on a break from school. Makes me wanna farm!
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