Small Gene Genie

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Genie,

 

Thanks very much for the recommendation. I've got a few of her books

around and shall check into it. She seems, from what I've read and heard,

to be both intelligent and sensitive, as well as earth-aware, as you say.

Not the usual romance/vampire thing at all, but instead a thoughtful

writer whose every book takes a new look at things that matter.

 

Could you paraphrase or sum up the gist of her view of, is it chickens,

using animals for food, or vegetarianism?

 

I shall have to look for her book of essays, sounds interesting.

 

--Gene

 

Hey, if we teamed up we'd be a David Bowie song. lol

 

 

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 11:26 AM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> Small Wonder

>

> Hey, has anyone been reading the latest book by Barbara Kingsolver,

> Small Wonder? She is my absolute favorite contemporary author and in

> this book, it is a collection of essays, she is revealing more of her

> personal opinions than ever. There is one chapeter, Lily's Chickens

> that starts on page 109, that I really liked and found interesting from

> a veg prospective. She's not totally veg, but very earth aware.

> Before I go paraphrasing what she said and completly distorting her

> ideas, I would like someone else to tell me if they have read it. It

> is interesting at the least. The thing is, it really is in line with

> how I think, perhaps a bit more evolved and eloquently said, but the

> gist is there. The next chapter is on why she doesn't have a TV... I'm

> probably getting rid of my cable... not because of her, but she's

> helping in the push. Ok, well, if you havn't ever read her, may I

> reccomend some of her books. My favorite, though a hard read for a

> newly returned Peace Corps volunteer, Poisonwood Bible. A great book

> for the naturalist, A Prodigal Summer. Her older books like Animal

> Dreams, are also wonderful. But, the first two are her best yet...

> she's won tons of awards, was on Oprah (Poisonwood Bible is one of

> Oprah's book club selections) and yes, she is perhaps my only hero.

> OK, let me know... =)

>

> Genie

>

>

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