{"product_id":"at-crossroads-with-chickens-tory-mccagg-9780872333178","title":"At Crossroads with Chickens: A \"What If It Works?\" Adventure in Off-Grid Living \u0026 Quest for Home","description":"In 2012, McCagg and her husband, Carl built an off-grid, solar-powered house in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. It was to be a weekend getaway for the writer (\"what's this pitchfork for?\") and trombonist (a wannabe farmer). In December, with two cats and six newly adopted chicks, they drove up to Jaffrey from their home in Providence, Rhode Island, ostensibly just for the winter so their new pipes wouldn't freeze. . . . But their hen \"Rhoda Red\" turned out to be \"Big Red.\" Roosters are outlawed by Providence city regulations, so Big Red couldn't go back. Thus, writes McCagg, \"neither did we. Survival of the fittest. Natural selection. Soul evolution. We named our 193-acre home \"Darwin's View\" for a reason.\" Chicken kerfuffles lighten the mood, but this story is born of heartbreak, of yearning for the great beauty of the world as it used to be. As she moves from full-time weekender to organic gardener, McCagg's interlaces her tale with her mother's battle with Parkinson's, braiding both Mother and Mother Nature. Add the sun, the wind, and a cock-a-doodle-do, and you have the recipe for a perfect storm of personal growth rippling out to effect a larger transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tory McCagg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872333175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872333178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bauhan Pub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Tory McCagg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128438157567,"sku":"9780872333178","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38064a05-d3e5-4506-8189-8c673473e31e.jpg?v=1687458694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-crossroads-with-chickens-tory-mccagg-9780872333178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}