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DESCRIPTION : 'Completely original, full of surprise, humor, grief, and wisdom.'Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'Darkly funny and poignant'Paula H awkins, author of The Girl on the Train'Fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler will devour it.' Daily MirrorMeet Gloria, Gam Gam, Darkness, Miss Hennepin County, and their unlikely owner. 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. From the freezing nights of a brutal 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.Brood by Jackie Polzin is a darkly witty, deeply moving and startling original debut novel of motherhood and grief, full of sorrow, joy and unrelenting hope. Perfect for fans of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781529055245 BY (AUTHOR) Polzin, Jackie PUBLISHER : Pan Macmillan PUBLICATION DATE : April 01, 2021 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Picador LANGUAGE : English AGE : From 18 years PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 214 mm x 138 mm WEIGHT : 258 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items Society & Social Sciences Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Show more