STILL LIFE WITH CHICKENS: STARTING OVER IN A HOUSE BY THE SEA

Book ID/图书代码： 12739006B07388

English Summary/英文概要： Goldhammer, newly single and several tax brackets poorer, finds a fixer-upper house she can afford on the peninsula bordered by Boston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Its salt pond and its possibilities intrigued her, but it was never meant to be a farm--and her 12-year-old daughter hated it, hated her mother, and refused to move. Partly to please her daughter and partly for reasons not clear to her at the time, she begins this year of transition by purchasing six baby chickens, as she watches her precocious twelve-year-old daughter blossom into a stylish and sophisticated teenager, and as she tends to the needs of six enigmatic chickens，Goldhammer offers an unforgettable story filled with hope, and shows how transecendent wisdeom can often be found in the most unlikely of places.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Goldhammer是個單身母親，並承擔著許多稅務，她好不容易找到了一處她能承擔但很破的舊房子，這房子在一個半島上，臨近於波士頓港口和大西洋。也許那不是一個農場，但那裏的清靜和新鮮感卻吸引她，而Goldhammer12歲的女兒不喜歡這個房子，不甘願地隨母親搬到那裡。在這一年的過渡期間Goldhammer購買了六隻小雞，一半是為了討女兒的歡心，還有一半的原因她自己也無法說清楚。隨著女兒漸漸長大成熟，Goldhammer開始慢慢意識到這六隻小雞在他們生活中占有特別的重要性……

Awards/获奖情况：* Rights sold-Germany, England and Australia
版权已售德国、英国和澳大利亚

About the Author/作者介绍： Catherine Goldhammer is a graduate of Goddard College and was a Poetry Fellow in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Her poetry has been published in the Georgia Review and the Ohio Review, and by Innerer Klang Press.
Catherine has worked as a writer, a trainer, and a teacher of reading. She lives in a small cottage on the coast of New England with her daughter, her dog, a cat named Monkey, and a small flock of chickens.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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