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The Woefield Poultry Collective
The Woefield Poultry Collective | Susan Juby
12 posts | 19 read | 13 to read
Woefield Farm is a sprawling thirty acres of scrub land,complete with dilapidated buildings and one half-sheared,lonely sheep named Bertie. It's "run"--in the loosestpossible sense of the word--by Prudence Burns, an energetic,well-intentioned twenty-something New Yorker full of back-to-the-land ideals, but without an iota of related skills or experience.Prudence, who inherited the farm from her uncle, soondiscovers that the bank is about to foreclose on Woefield Farm,which means that Prudence has to turn things around, fast. Butfear not! She'll be assisted by Earl, a spry seventy-something,banjo-playing foreman with a distrust of newfangled ideasand a substantial family secret; Seth, the alcoholic, celebrity-bloggingboy-next-door, who hasn't left the house since ascandal with his high-school drama teacher; and Sara Spratt,a highly organized eleven-year-old looking for a home for herprizewinning chickens, including one particularly randy fellowsoon to be christened Alec Baldwin. Full of offbeat charm and characters you won't soon forget,The Woefield Poultry Collective is a heartwarming novelabout learning how to take on a challenge, facing your fears,and finding friendship in the most unlikely of places. With alternatingnarratives, Susan Juby shows how a team of misfitscan find acceptance and success, even with--and sometimes inspite of--their highly unorthodox approach.
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Ang203l
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Who needs football? #catsoflitsy

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Delightful, charming, funny, and poignant. A group of misfits form a found family on a farm on Vancouver Island. An eternally optimistic 20-something with back to the land ideals but not much actual knowledge. A grumpy septuagenarian farm hand who turns out to have a family secret. An early 20s kid recovering from a humiliating incident at school and struggling with alcoholism. A quirky, bossy 11-year-old with show chickens and negligent parents.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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So this quirky 11-year-old in this book raises fancy breeds of chickens, one of which are "frizzles." I had never heard of them, so I googled. May I recommend googling frizzle chickens because they are hilarious and adorable. Their feathers curl outward from the body instead of lying flat. Here is a baby one.

jdiehr That doesn't even look real! 3y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @jdiehr too cute to be real! 3y
jdiehr @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian I thought you posted a picture of a craft you had done 😂 3y
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rockpools That‘s made my morning! 3y
Tamra Bah! 🤪 Love it! 3y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @rockpools yep, made my day too. I am seriously considering getting these kinds of chickens if I ever get backyard chickens. 3y
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RoxyWilde
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Just came back from book club discussing this month‘s pick. I wouldn‘t have on my own picked this up but I found it a quick, lighthearted read. My only major gripe was that I found Prudence a bit TOO idealistic.

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mreads
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Prudence leaves NYC for Woefield a farm she inherited hoping for the #greengreengrassofhome but finds 30 acres of scrub land, a banjo playing manager, an agoraphobic neighbor, and 11yr old looking for a home for her prize chicken. Delightfully funny feel good novel. Highly recommend 5⭐

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BarbaraBB Sounds great! 5y
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LeahBergen
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Next up for my IRL book club.

That “charming” blurb had me a little hesitant about this read but (so far) there‘s been enough gross humour, swearing, and cranky characters to keep me thoroughly entertained. 😆

Tamra Sounds fun, anxious for your review. I‘ll stack if you liked it. 6y
Moray_Reads The blurb makes it sound a little twee but your comments suggest it might be worth a read 😂 6y
Lindy I thought this was hilarious, and the sequel is almost as good. 👍 6y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders I bought this one so long ago!! Should really read it!! 6y
mreads I loved it, hope you like it. 6y
Lizpixie This sounds right up my alley! I‘ll definitely be looking it up at my local library. Thanks for the heads up👍 6y
Cathythoughts Interesting, will look out for your review 👍🏻❤️ 6y
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melissajayne
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Really enjoyed the book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Heard about the book through @ReadingEnvy and I‘m glad I picked up the book. Second book (and possibly the last) read for this edition of #deweysreadathon #24hourreadathon #readathon

ReadingEnvy It was a cute one! 6y
melissajayne @ReadingEnvy it was cute. 6y
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melissajayne
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Book #2 for #readathon

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melissajayne
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Books for #readathon.

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ReadingEnvy
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I first learned about the Woefield novels from @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian when she talked about the sequel on episode 110 of the Reading Envy Podcast. This is set on Vancouver Island (Canada) and features a memorable set of characters trying to sort out life on a run-down farm, and is part of my Alaska/Canada reading goal for 2018.

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian So glad you liked it! 6y
ReadingEnvy @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian yay! And I have the second book on my Kindle to take with me. 6y
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brownekr
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A particularly fitting #bookanddinner tonight: veggie hash, local eggs, and the Woefield Poultry Collective.

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shaelyni
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A little #flashbackfriday quote. I read this one for the 2015 Popsugar Reading Challenge's "book based entirely on it's cover". It caught my eye while I was browsing at the library. It was a good read.