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
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.
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001 NotesFromTheHenhouse Open
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002 NotesFromTheHenhouse Epigraph
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003 NotesFromTheHenhouse Dedication
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004 NotesFromTheHenhouse Prolgue LifesMotorway ByRaffaellaBarker
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005 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part1 ChildhoodAndScotland BirdsOfEarthAndAir
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006 NotesFromTheHenhouse Fife
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007 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheDriversSeat
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008 NotesFromTheHenhouse PackingForIndia
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009 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part2 AdultLife GeorgeAndChildren DogsOfAthens
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010 NotesFromTheHenhouse MomentOfTruth
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011 NotesFromTheHenhouse Jealousy
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012 NotesFromTheHenhouse MemoriesOfGeorgeBarker
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013 NotesFromTheHenhouse Cherubim
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014 NotesFromTheHenhouse April
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015 NotesFromTheHenhouse HensIHaveKnown
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016 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part3 Widowhood InVagliagli
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017 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheLongestGoodbye
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018 NotesFromTheHenhouse BrokenHearted
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019 NotesFromTheHenhouse Part4 NewChapterOfLife ThoughtsInAGarden
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020 NotesFromTheHenhouse FriendlyFire
Duración: 13min