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Brood

Jackie Polzin

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      'Fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler will devour it.' - Daily MirrorDarkly witty, deeply moving – Jackie Polzin's Brood is a startlingly original debut novel about motherhood, marriage and grief, full of sorrow, joy and unrelenting hope.Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails – and all the while struggling to confront her own recent loss. From the forty-below nights of a brutal Minnesota winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck, and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined.'Full of surprise, humor, grief, and wisdom.' - Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'The most vibrant and compelling slice of life I’ve been privy to in a great while.' - Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had'Splendidly unsentimental, quirky, witty, smart and a complete one-off.' - Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures
      CONTRIBUTORS: Jackie Polzin EAN: 9781529055252 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 174 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Animals, FICTION / Friendship WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Animals and society, Poultry farming
      'Fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler will devour it.' - Daily MirrorDarkly witty, deeply moving – Jackie Polzin's Brood is a startlingly original debut novel about motherhood, marriage and grief, full of sorrow, joy and unrelenting hope.Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails – and all the while struggling to confront her own recent loss. From the forty-below nights of a brutal Minnesota winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck, and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined.'Full of surprise, humor, grief, and wisdom.' - Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'The most vibrant and compelling slice of life I’ve been privy to in a great while.' - Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had'Splendidly unsentimental, quirky, witty, smart and a complete one-off.' - Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures
      CONTRIBUTORS: Jackie Polzin EAN: 9781529055252 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 174 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Animals, FICTION / Friendship WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Animals and society, Poultry farming

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      Jackie Polzin lives in St Paul, Minnesota with her husband and children. Brood is her first novel.

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