Chicken Boy
My Life With Hens
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Publishing:3rd Oct '24
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 3rd October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£22.00(9780241573655)
A captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower Yard
Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young – but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. Illustrated with Arthur's own characterful watercolours and photographs of his ‘girls’, Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.
Poetic... Parkinson writes with great lyricism... His knowledgeable enthusiasm is infectious -- Bee Wilson * Sunday Times *
A joy from the very first page. Arthur's beautiful, lively and accurate drawings of these enchanting feathery people are irresistible, and I just love the way he writes. I am now jealous of fox-free areas where chickens may be kept. The photographs are award-winning: the whole thing is bliss -- Joanna Lumley
An author whose writing is as unashamedly ebullient as his dazzling displays * Gardens Illustrated *
This hugely informative, joyful and amusing book has me desperately wondering and hoping that I could, after all, find space in my small garden for a few chickens. Maybe the rhubarb will have to go -- John Wright, author of THE FORAGER'S CALENDAR
ISBN: 9780241573662
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 18mm
Weight: 383g
240 pages