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Chargement... Fresh Eggs (édition 2003)par Rob Levandoski (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreFresh Eggs par Rob Levandoski
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I picked this up because the title appealed to me and I was a little fed up with reading about war, genocide and the perpetrators and victims thereof and thought ha,light reading. So ok, now we are onto factory-farming, the ppressors of chickens and the poor imprisoned, debeaked little egg machines themselves and a girl who becomes their de facto patron saint, sort of. It all romps along in a jolly sort of way, quite well-written and quite badly edited. Not copy-edited, but a proper editor sitting there sternly saying, "Now Rob, you really can't have a whole chapter on genetics from a very minor character. Its all common knowledge now". The twists and turns of the plot become more and more unlikely as do the characters, until one wonders if the author himself knew if he was attempting satire, a jovial piece of fiction, or had an idea for a film - strictly made-for-tv market and wanted to give the scriptwriter all the right clues. I would have given it three or four stars because it was entertaining, but then the author threw a Jodi Picoult. Bad ending. I didn't understand it (perhaps I should read that chapter on genetics again, and concentrate this time) and I didn't like it and it made sense only in the weakest way possible. As I said, bad editing and it spoiled the book for me. *Blows raspberry*. 2 star. This is the story of a girl with an unusual affliction--she appears to be turning into a chicken. Her father is running a failing egg farm, and finally must face the decision of whether to cure her, exploit her (by joining a travelling freak-show), or accept her. This is a plucky and heart-warming tale, mixed with magic and emotion, highlighting the battles of a parent struggling to do the best thing for his child. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Calvin Cassowary is ready to do whatever it takes to keep Cassowary Farm in the family for one more generation. Hatching a scheme to specialize in chickens, soon he's got a million hens laying eggs for Gallinipper Foods, but he still finds himself deeper and deeper into debt. To make matters worse, his chicken-loving daughter Rhea is spending far too much time with the chickens and is starting to act very strange. Filled with as many tears as chuckles, Rob Levandoski's Fresh Eggs is a provocative father-daughter tale guaranteed to make you ponder the realities of modern farming and think twice the next time someone asks, "white or dark meat?" Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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