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Chickens in the Road: An Adventure in Ordinary Splendor

di Suzanne McMinn

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Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir. Craving a life that would connect her to the earth and her family roots, McMinn packed up her three kids, left her husband and her sterile suburban existence behind, and moved to rural West Virginia. Amid the rough landscape and beauty of this rural mountain country, she pursues a natural lifestyle filled with chickens, goats, sheep--and no pizza delivery. With her new life comes an unexpected new love--"52," a man as beguiling and enigmatic as his nickname--a turbulent romance that reminds her that peace and fulfillment can be found in the wake of heartbreak. Coping with formidable challenges, including raising a trio of teenagers, milking stubborn cows, being snowed in with no heat, and making her own butter, McMinn realizes that she's living a forty-something's coming-of-age story. As she dares to become self-reliant and embrace her independence, she reminds us that life is a bold adventure--if we're willing to live it. Chickens in the Road includes more than 20 recipes, craft projects, and McMinn's photography, and features a special two-color design.… (altro)

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Not sure how I missed Suzanne McMinn in my previous reading -- I do love armchair farming, so I appreciate very much the intrepid people who do the real work. I liked the book, I was disturbed by her relationship with 52, and by the plethora of "I need a man to do x" at the beginning, and very happy to see that the point of the book was growing past that. What an interesting, hard working, very full life. (

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jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |

Very easy to read memoir of life on a farm when you don't really know what you are doing. I gave it 4 stars because she could have done more writing about the farm and things that happened and less about her relationship with 52, though I know it had to be addressed because direction changed on the farm because of him.

The only other thing I didn't like is when she talks about killing the animals for food. She will not kill any animal she takes care of, but she has 52 take care of the pigs. She says she feels nothing for them and doesn't care when they go to the slaughter house. Then says she accomplished something by raising her own meat too. I didn't feel she raised that meat and dealt with the sadness or gratefulness of having an animal die to feed you and your family. What she did is no different than picking it up at the grocery store.

Other than those two things, I really liked the book. It's written in an easy, readable manner that makes you feel like she's just having a conversation with you. The recipes at the back of the book look good too. I am going to try her apple dumplings as soon as our apples ready. (

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CinderH | Sep 24, 2015 |

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mlake | Apr 28, 2015 |

The author, Suzanne McMinn, wanted to bring her once-pampered suburban children to her father's homeland, West Virginia, to grow up knowing what matters, what is real. As she says, "we didn't go there to die, we went there to live."and live they did, by first realizing you couldn't pick up the phone and call for pizza. Teenagers were driving cars that their grandfather bought in 1950.You made friends with kids in your class, because there were only 36 students total. Leaving a marriage and her old life behind, she met '52" who was kind to her when she needed it, and he eventually became her partner, buying a farm together. From telling how she made cheese, milked goats and and had the pigs castrated as if she had been doing that all of her life. Learning to make soap became a project for winter, learning what our grandmothers used "the hot process ". A recipe for making hot process soap is in the book as are many other recipes. All of her adventures will leave you smiling, and sometimes laughing out loud. I recommend this book to anyone whom wants a good relaxing book to read, and one to give you many laughs as you read. Get your post-its out because you will want to try so many of the recipes and having tried several of them, can attest to their wonderful taste. (

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bakersfieldbarbara | Jan 20, 2014 |

Sometimes books written by people with blogs are just cobbled together posts--not so with Chickens in the Road, maybe because Suzanne McMinn wrote romance novels before she chucked her suburban housewife existence for life on a farm, so she knows how to tell a story. After her marriage ended Suzanne moved herself and her initially reluctant children to the West Virginia county where her father grew up and started working towards fulfilling a dream she hadn’t realized she had, living on an animal filled farm.

Maybe because I have my own chickens in the road fantasy I loved this book. Suzanne writes with bright determined enthusiasm that’s hard to resist, even as her narrative is increasingly weighed down by her relationship with 52, the difficult man who won her heart and became her farming partner. For me, the troubles with 52 don’t detract from the book, they enhance it. Suzanne moved to the country to become more independent and figuring out relationship stuff becomes part of that journey, even for a former romance novelist. The book has a wonderful photo insert section and two appendixes with country recipes and craft projects.

You can check out her Chickens in the Road Blog at http://chickensintheroad.com/ (

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Jaylia3 | Oct 7, 2013 |

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Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir. Craving a life that would connect her to the earth and her family roots, McMinn packed up her three kids, left her husband and her sterile suburban existence behind, and moved to rural West Virginia. Amid the rough landscape and beauty of this rural mountain country, she pursues a natural lifestyle filled with chickens, goats, sheep--and no pizza delivery. With her new life comes an unexpected new love--"52," a man as beguiling and enigmatic as his nickname--a turbulent romance that reminds her that peace and fulfillment can be found in the wake of heartbreak. Coping with formidable challenges, including raising a trio of teenagers, milking stubborn cows, being snowed in with no heat, and making her own butter, McMinn realizes that she's living a forty-something's coming-of-age story. As she dares to become self-reliant and embrace her independence, she reminds us that life is a bold adventure--if we're willing to live it. Chickens in the Road includes more than 20 recipes, craft projects, and McMinn's photography, and features a special two-color design.

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