Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver is the 27th selection for One Book, One Chicago. This year's program explores the theme Eat Think Grow.
Since its release in May 2007, Animal Vegetable, Miracle has helped launch a modern transition in America’s attitudes toward food. In this lively account of a family’s year of eating locally on their farm in Southern Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver and her coauthors unearth the secret lives of vegetables and the unexpected satisfactions of knowing their food producers—and sometimes their dinner—on a first-name basis.
From October through April, we offer you a chance to explore Eat Think Grow from multiple perspectives, as recounted through personal experience, imagined in literature, presented in politics, or synthesized in music and art. In addition to digital programs such as Twitter chats and exploring online resources you can engage with from your own home, we'll offer a program in every single branch of Chicago Public Library. From book discussions to walking tours, history lectures to film screenings and more, Chicagoans have more opportunities than ever before to engage with the One Book, One Chicago program.
One Book, One Chicago 2016-2017 has been made possible through the generous support of The City of Chicago, Chicago Public Library Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, BMO Harris Bank and United, as well as our many partners in the community.
