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Brood

by Jackie Polzin
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Brood
Brood

Reflective journey of loss through chicken-rearing.

"Brood" offers an intimate and unexpectedly humorous perspective on coping with loss, with its narrative set against the backdrop of caring for chickens. The book weaves the protagonist's personal grief with the mundane aspects of life, creating a touching and relatable tale. If you find solace in stories that combine the simplicity of everyday routines with the complexities of human emotion, this might resonate deeply with you.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction (2021)
  • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (2022)
  • Minnesota Book Award Nominee for Novel & Short Story (2022)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Brood

by Jackie Polzin
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ISBN: 9781529055252
Authors: Jackie Polzin
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2022-04-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.52
(rated by 4843 readers)

Description

Darkly 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.
 

Reflective journey of loss through chicken-rearing.

"Brood" offers an intimate and unexpectedly humorous perspective on coping with loss, with its narrative set against the backdrop of caring for chickens. The book weaves the protagonist's personal grief with the mundane aspects of life, creating a touching and relatable tale. If you find solace in stories that combine the simplicity of everyday routines with the complexities of human emotion, this might resonate deeply with you.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction (2021)
  • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (2022)
  • Minnesota Book Award Nominee for Novel & Short Story (2022)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.