Best Selling Books by Camille Kingsolver

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, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain. "Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel. . . ." Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that''s better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. "This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew . . . and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air."

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston Globe A 10th anniversary edition of Barbara Kingsolver''s New York Times bestseller that describes her family''s adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain Since its publication in 2007, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has captivated readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation. Updated with original pieces from the entire Kingsolver clan, this commemorative edition explores how the family''s original project has been carried forward through the years. When Barbara Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what Barbara considers our nation''s lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Since 2007, their scheme has evolved enormously. In this anniversary edition, featuring an afterword by the entire Kingsolver family, Barbara''s husband, Steven, discusses how the project grew into a farm-to-table restaurant and community development project training young farmers in their area to move into sustainable food production. Camille writes about her decision to move back to a rural area after college, and how she and her husband incorporate their food values in their lives as they begin their new family. Lily, Barbara''s youngest daughter, writes about how growing up on a farm, in touch with natural processes and food chains, has shaped her life as a future environmental scientist. And Barbara writes about their sheep, and how they grew into her second vocation as a fiber artist, and reports on the enormous response they''ve received from other home-growers and local-food devotees. With Americans'' ever-growing concern over an agricultural establishment that negatively affects our health and environment, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a modern classic that will endure for years to come.

A beautiful deluxe trade paperback edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Barbara Kingsolver''s New York Times bestseller, which describes her family''s adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain. Since its publication in 2007, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has captivated readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation. Newly updated with original pieces from the entire Kingsolver clan, this commemorative volume explores how the family''s original project has been carried forward through the years. When Barbara Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what Barbara considers our nation''s lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Since 2007, their scheme has evolved enormously. In this new edition, featuring an afterword composed by the entire Kingsolver family, Barbara''s husband, Steven, discusses how the project grew into a farm-to-table restaurant and community development project training young farmers in their area to move into sustainable food production. Camille writes about her decision to move back to a rural area after college, and how she and her husband incorporate their food values in their lives as they begin their new family. Lily, Barbara''s youngest daughter, writes about how growing up on a farm, in touch with natural processes and food chains, has shaped her life as a future environmental scientist. And Barbara writes about their sheep, and how they grew into her second vocation as a fiber artist, and reports on the enormous response they''ve received from other home-growers and local-food devotees. With Americans'' ever-growing concern over an agricultural establishment that negatively affects our health and environment, the Kingsolver family''s experiences and observations remain just as relevant today as they were ten years ago. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a modern classic that will endure for years to come. “Cogent and illuminating...Without sentimentality, this book captures the pulse of the farm and the deep gratification it provides, as well as the intrinsic humor of the situation.”—Janet Maslin, New York Times

Prepárense para el viaje: una familia de urbanitas decide irse a vivir a las montañas Apalaches y durante un año vivir de la comida que ellos mismos cultivarán y de la que comprarán a los granjeros de los alrededores. Nada de comida industrial saturada de aditivos, nada de productos que viajan miles de kilómetros hasta llegar al consumidor... Con su agudeza y elegancia características, Barbara Kingsolver nos relata el día a día de su encantadora familia en una granja, buscando la autosuficiencia y la comunión con la naturaleza, lo cual les lleva a descubrimientos sorprendentes sobre la vida sexual de los pavos o el tremendo entusiasmo de las plantas del calabacín... Este libro maravilloso nos propone un viaje hacia una nueva cultura de la alimentación más sana para las personas y más sabrosa en la mesa, una reivindicación sin dogmatismos de la comida natural, que resulta ser mejor para la economía, para el medio ambiente y para el alma. En parte memoria de una sorprendente aventura en familia, en parte periodismo de investigación, Animal, vegetal, milagro narra una historia apasionante, deliciosa y divertida en la que la cocina vuelve a ser centro de la vida familiar. Completan la preciosa narración de Barbara, los útiles y prácticos comentarios sobre temas relacionados con la ecología de su marido y las sabrosas recetas de la familia de la mano de su hija Camille. "Kingsolver eleva el género a un nuevo nivel literario. El ritmo tranquilo de la narración y la aparente calma de la más bella prosa amenizan la lectura. Su libro es elegante y cautivador, sustancioso y entretenido, ingenioso y divertido... Más a menudo irónica que piadosa, esta visión práctica de cómo deberíamos comer es tan fresca como el maíz recién recolectado...Kingsolver demuestra tener el oído de un periodista y la precisión en los detalles de un naturalista", Publishers Weekly. "Los lectores frustrados con la nada saludable y artificial comida de supermercados encontrarán en este libro una voz amiga e inspiración", Kirkus Reviews. "Animal, vegetal, milagro es una importante contribución al coro de voces que piden un cambio en nuestra manera de entender la alimentación", The Chicago Tribune. "Maravillosas páginas sobre los alimentos naturales", The New York Times. "Escrito con su habitual agudeza e ironía", Booklist. "Su cálida, divertida e inspiradora narración no puede ser de más actualidad", The Times. "Se lee como sus maravillosas novelas. Un libro delicioso y a menudo muy divertido", Daily Express. "El arma secreta de Kingsolver es su glorioso ingenio", The Guardian. "Este es un libro serio sobre problemas importantes. Los temas que aborda son reales y urgentes. Es claro, serio, a menudo divertido, apasionado y sugestivo... Te aportará inesperados conocimientos y la capacidad de elegir informada lo que realmente quieres comer", The Washington Post. "Atrapa... Su entusiasmo es contagioso", Daily Mail.

Barbara Kingsolver opens her home to us, as she and her family attempt a year of eating only local food, much of it from their own garden. With characteristic warmth, Kingsolver shows us how to put food back at the centre of the political and family agenda. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is part memoir, part journalistic investigation, and is full of original recipes.