{"product_id":"coop-a-year-of-poultry-pigs-and-parenting-9780061240447","title":"COOP: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You can read Michael Perry's \u003cem\u003eCoop\u003c\/em\u003e as an outrageously funny comedy about a semi-hapless neophyte navigating the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of the farming life. Please do, in fact. But scratch a little deeper, past Perry's lusciously entertaining and epigrammatic prose, his ultra-charming combo of Midwestern earnestness and serrated wit, and you'll find a reflective, sincere, and surprisingly touching-at times, even heart-cracking-story about a man struggling to put down roots.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Miles, author of \u003cem\u003eWant Not\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003ePopulation: 485\u003c\/em\u003e gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse--faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home--Michael Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether he's remembering his younger days--when his city-bred parents took in sixty or so foster children while running a sheep and dairy farm--or describing what it's like to be bitten in the butt while wrestling a pig, Perry flourishes in his trademark humor. But he also writes from the quieter corners of his heart, chronicling experiences as joyful as the birth of his child and as devastating as the death of a dear friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerry, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMichael Perry is a humorist, radio host, songwriter, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of several nonfiction books, including \u003cem\u003eVisiting Tom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePopulation: 485\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Jesus Cow\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in northern Wisconsin with his family and can be found online at www.sneezingcow.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646561227026,"sku":"9780061240447","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ec25389-ef0b-4600-8103-bb3de909c17d.jpg?v=1733179990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/coop-a-year-of-poultry-pigs-and-parenting-9780061240447","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}