"A wonderfully written first novel, full of nuance and humor and strangeness...[Polzin] writes beautifully about everything." --Elizabeth McCracken, The New York Times An exquisite new literary voice--wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout--depicts one woman\'s attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries t. "A wonderfully written first novel, full of nuance and humor and strangeness...[Polzin] writes beautifully about everything." --Elizabeth McCracken, The New York Times An exquisite new literary voice--wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout--depicts one woman\'s attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries t
