Bibliograph

Dirty chick, adventures of an unlikely farmer, Antonia Murphy

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Dirty chick, adventures of an unlikely farmer, Antonia Murphy

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dirty chick

Responsibility statement

Antonia Murphy

Sub title

adventures of an unlikely farmer

Summary

Antonia Murphy, you might say, is an unlikely farmer. Born and bred in San Francisco, she spent much of her life as a liberal urban cliche, and her interactions with the animal kingdom rarely extended past dinner. But then she became a mother. And when her eldest son was born with a rare, mysterious genetic condition, she and her husband, Peter, decided it was time to slow down and find a supportive community. So the Murphys moved to Purua, New Zealand, a rural area where most residents maintained private farms, complete with chickens, goats, and sheep. The result was a comic disaster, and when one day their son had a medical crisis, it was also a little bit terrifying. Dirty Chick chronicles Antonia's first year of life as an artisan farmer. Having bought into the myth that farming is a peaceful, fulfilling endeavor that allows one to commune with nature and live the way humans were meant to live, Antonia soon realized that the reality is far dirtier and way more disgusting than she ever imagined

Target audience

adult

Classification