Notes From The Henhouse: On Marrying A Poet, Raising Children And Chickens, And Writing

  • Autor: Elspeth Barker
  • Narrador: Raffaella Barker
  • Editor: Simon & Schuster
  • Duración: 5:41:03
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Sinopsis

A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker—acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.

Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes readers into the celebrated writer’s life.

Tracing Barker’s upbringing from her Scottish roots, these essays beautifully capture her time with the poet George Barker and her profound sense of loss following his death. She writes about George’s former lover Elizabeth Smart and other figures from 1950s bohemia and 1960s counterculture. Pieces like “Thoughts in a Garden,” equal parts hilarious and moving, read like dispatches from the front lines of country living, depicting the vagaries of raising a large family and assorted pets in a damp and drafty farmhouse.

Vivid, charming, and wholly original, Notes from the Henhouse is a wonderful glimpse into the life of an extraordinary writer.

Capítulos

  • 001 NotesFromTheHenhouse Open

    Duración: 41s
  • 002 NotesFromTheHenhouse Epigraph

    Duración: 12s
  • 003 NotesFromTheHenhouse Dedication

    Duración: 12s
  • 004 NotesFromTheHenhouse Prolgue LifesMotorway ByRaffaellaBarker

    Duración: 17min
  • 005 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part1 ChildhoodAndScotland BirdsOfEarthAndAir

    Duración: 13min
  • 006 NotesFromTheHenhouse Fife

    Duración: 13min
  • 007 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheDriversSeat

    Duración: 06min
  • 008 NotesFromTheHenhouse PackingForIndia

    Duración: 15min
  • 009 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part2 AdultLife GeorgeAndChildren DogsOfAthens

    Duración: 14min
  • 010 NotesFromTheHenhouse MomentOfTruth

    Duración: 12min
  • 011 NotesFromTheHenhouse Jealousy

    Duración: 06min
  • 012 NotesFromTheHenhouse MemoriesOfGeorgeBarker

    Duración: 05min
  • 013 NotesFromTheHenhouse Cherubim

    Duración: 06min
  • 014 NotesFromTheHenhouse April

    Duración: 06min
  • 015 NotesFromTheHenhouse HensIHaveKnown

    Duración: 07min
  • 016 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part3 Widowhood InVagliagli

    Duración: 22min
  • 017 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheLongestGoodbye

    Duración: 06min
  • 018 NotesFromTheHenhouse BrokenHearted

    Duración: 10min
  • 019 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part4 NewChapterOfLife ThoughtsInAGarden

    Duración: 09min
  • 020 NotesFromTheHenhouse FriendlyFire

    Duración: 13min
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