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Description

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide,... read more

First Sentence

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Table of Contents

1. Called Home
2. Waiting for Asparagus: Late March
3. Springing Forward
4. Stalking the Vegetannual
5. Molly Mooching: April
6. The Birds and the Bees
7. Gratitude: May
8. Growing Trust: Mid-June
9. Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Late June
10. Eating Neighborly: Late June
11. Slow Food Nations: Late June
12. Zucchini Larceny: July
13. Life in a Red State: August
14. You Can't Run Away on Harvest Day: September
15. Where Fish Wear Crowns: September
16. Smashing Pumpkins: October
17. Celebration Days: November-December
18. What Do You Eat in January?
19. Hungry Month: February-March
20. Time Begins
Acknowledgments
References
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Authors & Contributors

  1. Barbara Kingsolver (Author)
 

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