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The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian's Hunt for Sustenance
The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian's Hunt for Sustenance | Tovar Cerulli
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A vegan-turned-hunter reignites the connection between humans and our food sources and continues the dialog begun by Michael Pollan and Barbara Kingsolver. While still in high school, Tovar Cerulli experimented with vegetarianism and by the age of twenty, he was a vegan. Ten years later, in the face of declining health, he would find himself picking up a rifle and heading into the woods. Through his personal quest, Tovar Cerulli bridges disparate worldviews and questions moral certainties, challenging both the behavior of many hunters and the illusion of blamelessness maintained by many vegetarians. In this time of intensifying concern over ecological degradation, how do we make peace with the fact that, even in growing organic vegetables, life is sustained by death? Drawing on personal anecdotes, philosophy, history and religion, Cerulli shows how Americas overly sanitized habits of consumption and disconnection with our food have resulted in so many of the health and environmental crises we now face.
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So, it's not technically Valentine's Day anymore, but let's revel in the love! I was going to donate this book, and then I thought, "Maybe someone on Litsy would like to read it!" So, comment on this post within the next twenty-four hours, and you might get my copy! (If more than one person comments, I'll use a random name generator.) Good luck!

Caterina I'd love to read it! Thank you for your generosity, either way! 7y
Alfoster I've wanted to read about this for awhile as I need better habits! 7y
DivineDiana As a practicing vegan, I am curious about this book. 7y
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CouronneDhiver Sounds like an interesting one! 👍🏽 7y
Amandajoy As a nutritionist, this one's in my wheelhouse! Thanks for doing a giveaway! 7y
readinginthedark @Caterina @CouronneDhiver It's a good one! I'll announce the winner tomorrow! 7y
readinginthedark @Alfoster @Amandajoy Just a heads-up, he talks about nutrition very little. It's addressed, but the book is mostly about his ethical and practical dilemmas. Still a great memoir! 7y
readinginthedark @DivineDiana Cerulli talks quite a bit about hunting in this book. I don't know if it makes a difference to you, but I know it would bother my sister (who's also vegan), so I thought I'd give you a heads-up. It's still very honest and a good read! 7y
DivineDiana @readinginthedark Thank you. Although it sounds interesting, it probably is not for me. I did read the Barbara Kingsolver book and gained understanding of those who choose to eat animals in a responsible way. 7y
readinginthedark @DivineDiana You're welcome. And I haven't read that one! I'll have to add it to my TBR. Thanks! 7y
readinginthedark And chosen by miniwebtool.com, @Caterina is the winner! Congratulations, I really hope you like it! Just email me at hew1988@gmail.com with Litsy Giveaway in the subject and your mailing address in the text. 😊 7y
Caterina @readinginthedark Yay thank you!!!! I'm so excited to read this!! :D 7y
readinginthedark @Caterina You're welcome! 7y
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Do not read this book if you're looking for someone to tell you that omnivorism or vegetarianism is the right way to live. Cerulli talks about his decision to eat meat after years of being a vegetarian and then vegan and his almost daily struggles with his choices for the first few years. But he also talks about responsibility to the Earth and how people and animals affect the land. I found this honest, raw memoir really fascinating! #LitsyAtoZ

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Completely absorbed in this one right now! I am not going out in the cold unless I have to, but I can put myself in an outdoorsy mood with the author! #MAKEROOMMAKEROOM

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I've been reading this one in bits for three years and pulling it out when I'm in the mood, which happens to be today! #currentread #riotgrams

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