{"product_id":"brood-paperback-1","title":"Brood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJackie Polzin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite new literary voice--wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout--depicts one woman's attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Full of nuance and humor and strangeness...[Polzin] writes beautifully about everything.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 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 other creatures entails. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate and startlingly original, this slender novel is filled with wisdom, sorrow, and joy. As the year unfolds, we come to know the small band of loved ones who comprise the narrator's circumscribed life at this moment. Her mother, a flinty former home ec teacher who may have to take over the chickens; her best friend, a real estate agent with a burgeoning family of her own; and her husband, whose own coping mechanisms for dealing with the miscarriage that haunts his wife are more than a little unfathomable to her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning and brilliantly insightful meditation on life and longing that will stand beside such modern classics as \u003ci\u003eH Is for Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrood\u003c\/i\u003e rewards its readers with the richness of reflection and unrelenting hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJACKIE POLZIN lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and children. \u003ci\u003eBrood \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.87 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727518896191,"sku":"9780593311332","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/22413dda650b7d93126aea3255a84b74.webp?v=1765115132","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/brood-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}