Farm City - by Novella Carpenter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned avacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>One of <i>New York Times</i> <b>"</b>Top 10 Books of 2009" (Dwight Garner)</b></p><b>"Easily the funniest, weirdest, most perversely provocative gardening book I've ever read. I couldn't put it down . . . The writing soars." --<i>The New York Times Book Review <p/></i>"Captivating . . . By turns edgy, moving, and hilarious, <i>Farm City</i> marks the debut of a striking new voice in American writing." --Michael Pollan, author of <i>The Omnivore's Dilemma</i> and <i>Food Rules<br></i></b><br>When Novella Carpenter<b>--</b>captivated by the idea of backyard self-sufficiency as the daughter of two back-to-the-earth hippies<b>--</b>moves to a ramshackle house in inner-city Oakland and discovers a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door, she closes her eyes and pictures heirloom tomatoes, a beehive, and a chicken coop. <p/>What starts out as a few egg-laying chickens leads to turkeys, geese, and ducks. And not long after, along came two 300-pound pigs. And no, these charming and eccentric animals aren't pets. Novella is raising these animals for dinner. <p/>An unforgettably charming memoir, full of hilarious moments, fascinating farmer's tips, and a great deal of heart, <i>Farm City </i>offers a beautiful mediation on what we give up to live the way we do today.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Easily the funniest, weirdest, most perversely provocative gardening book I've ever read. I couldn't put it down . . . The writing soars."<b> --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><i> <p/></i>"Captivating . . . By turns edgy, moving, and hilarious, <i>Farm City</i> marks the debut of a striking new voice in American writing." <b>--Michael Pollan, author of <i>The Omnivore's Dilemma</i> and <i>Food Rules</i></b><i><br></i><br>"Fresh, fearless, and jagged around the edges, Ms. Carpenter's book . . . puts me in mind of Julie Powell's <i>Julie & Julia</i> and Elizabeth Gilbert's <i>Eat, Pray, Love." </i><b>--<i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>"Carpenter, with [her] humor and step-by-step clarity, make[s] it seem utterly possible to grow the kind of food you want to eat, wherever you live." --<i><b>Los Angeles Times</b> <p/></i> <p/><b><br></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>NOVELLA CARPENTER grew up in rural Idaho and Washington State. She studied biology and English at the University of Washington, where she had many odd jobs, including assassin bug handler and 16-millimeter film projectionist. After moving to California, she attended UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism where she studied with Michael Pollan. Her writing has appeared on Salon.com and sfgate.com and in <i>Mother Jones </i>and <i>Food and Wine</i>. Her adventures in urban agriculture began with honeybees and a few chickens, then some turkeys, until she created an urban homestead called GhostTown Farm near downtown Oakland, where she and her boyfriend, Bill, live today. Her most recent book, <i>The Essential Urban Farmer </i>(co-authored with Willow Rosenthal), was published by Penguin Books in 2011. <p/><b>www.novellacarpenter.com.</b>
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