Synopsis
'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 Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
'Fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler will devour it.' Daily Mirror
Meet 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.
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“Brood, which chronicles a year of grief subsumed through care, abounds in wit, charm, and the very mystery of being.”Joy Williams, author of The Visiting Privilege
“Oh, did I love this book and its magnificent cast of characters—human and avian alike. Brood is the most vibrant and compelling slice of life I’ve been privy to in a great while—it’s generous, original, and witty, an absolute treasure of a novel.”Claire Lombardo, bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had
“A truly lovely book, and so perfectly balanced – it felt like a masterclass in how to tell a story through restraint.”Jessie Greengrass, author of The High House
“I loved Polzin's philosophical way of writing and the narrator's stoicism in the face of one loss after another . . . Splendidly unsentimental, quirky, witty, smart and a complete one-off.
”Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures
