At Crossroads with Chickens

"In 2012, McCagg and her husband built a solar-powered house in New Hampshire. It was to be a weekend getaway, with cats and chicks in tow, but they ended up moving there permanently when they learned their rooster would be banned back home in Rhode Island. While chicken kerfuffles lighten the mood, this is a story born of heartbreak, of yearning for the great beauty of the world as it used to be. McCagg interlaces her tale with her mother's battle with Parkinson's, braiding both Mother and Mother Nature in this perfect storm of personal growth rippling out to effect a larger transformation"--