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ISBN
9781668022153
Book Title
Notes from the Henhouse : on Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing
Publisher
Scribner
Item Length
8.4 in
Publication Year
2024
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Elspeth Barker
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Essays
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
166802215X
ISBN-13
9781668022153
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4061238391

Product Key Features

Book Title
Notes from the Henhouse : on Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Essays
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Author
Elspeth Barker
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-046382
Reviews
"Joyous, startling, funny, lush, dark and complex." -- The Times (UK) "Warm, witty, and insightful, this book reveals the rich inner world of an unassuming woman with a gift for transforming the mundane realities of her existence into narratives filled with magic and wonder... A quiet delight." -- Kirkus "Elspeth Barker could write about anything and have you longing for more... Notes from the Henhouse is a book for which one feels incredulous gratitude. How come, you think, she is not better known? The book deserves to be permanently on the bedside table - to cheer, reassure and inspire." --Kate Kellaway, The Observer "Barker's prose is poetic but not inflated, visceral but smooth... Notes from the Henhouse is a vibrant, jubilant testament to both her life and work." --Lucy Scholes, Daily Telegraph, "Elspeth Barker could write about anything and have you longing for more... Notes from the Henhouse is a book for which one feels incredulous gratitude. How come, you think, she is not better known? The book deserves to be permanently on the bedside table - to cheer, reassure and inspire." --Kate Kellaway, The Observer "Barker's prose is poetic but not inflated, visceral but smooth... Notes from the Henhouse is a vibrant, jubilant testament to both her life and work." --Lucy Scholes, Daily Telegraph, "Shows off the late novelist's ability to soothe, shock and find the humor in dark moments... these small, absinthey sips of Barker are a break from one's usual mental cage." -- The New York Times "Enchanting... a witty, lyrical and moving foray into Barker's Scottish childhood, marriage, widowhood, farm life and more. It's a love affair with words--and life--that makes the writer seem like a treasured friend." -- People "Spellbinding... showcasing Barker's lyrical prose and frank introspection. Poignant and poetic, this enchants." -- Publishers Weekly "Joyous, startling, funny, lush, dark and complex." -- The Times (UK) "Warm, witty, and insightful, this book reveals the rich inner world of an unassuming woman with a gift for transforming the mundane realities of her existence into narratives filled with magic and wonder... A quiet delight." -- Kirkus "Elspeth Barker could write about anything and have you longing for more... Notes from the Henhouse is a book for which one feels incredulous gratitude. How come, you think, she is not better known? The book deserves to be permanently on the bedside table - to cheer, reassure and inspire." --Kate Kellaway, The Observer "Barker's prose is poetic but not inflated, visceral but smooth... Notes from the Henhouse is a vibrant, jubilant testament to both her life and work." --Lucy Scholes, Daily Telegraph
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
824.914
Synopsis
A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker--acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia . Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker's sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse , a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes readers into the celebrated writer's life. Tracing Barker's upbringing from her Scottish roots, these essays beautifully capture her time with the poet George Barker and her profound sense of loss following his death. She writes about George's former lover Elizabeth Smart and other figures from 1950s bohemia and 1960s counterculture. Pieces like "Thoughts in a Garden," equal parts hilarious and moving, read like dispatches from the front lines of country living, depicting the vagaries of raising a large family and assorted pets in a damp and drafty farmhouse. Vivid, charming, and wholly original, Notes from the Henhouse is a wonderful glimpse into the life of an extraordinary writer.
LC Classification Number
PR6052.A6482Z46 2024

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