Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter

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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
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Updated on 7-11-2010.

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Audio CD

Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged Library Ed. CD edition (July 1, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1400142989

ISBN-13: 978-1400142989

Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. This upbeat account of raising poultry, rabbits, pigs and bees in the middle of a rundown neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., will make listeners either run out to reclaim some vacant lots or cringe at the thought that they might one day live next door to and downwind from such a menagerie. Karen White vividly individualizes the colorful locals, including Bobby (who lives in abandoned cars), the Buddhist monks across the way, the skeptical neighbors, the Chinese landlord and the random foragers who help themselves to Carpenter's bounty. Narrated with cheerful verve, White's performance will charm even those readers without the slightest inclination to get up close and personal with their future meals. A Penguin Press hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 20). (Aug.)
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Reader Reviews
Farm City is an awesome read, written by Novella Carpenter, whose book I rank up with Bill Buford's wonderful Heat, with the spirit of Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma. And I love the voice-Novella the narrator often wonders why people open up to her and accept her so readily (among others, Chris Lee of Eccolo, who teaches her how to prepare pork from her pigs); the voice of the narrator (straightforward, funny, unblinking to the point of childlike wonder, compassionate) is hers, and as a reader I found myself liking her so very much.

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
List Price: $69.99
Available from Amazon
Price: $51.09
Updated on 7-11-2010.