Brood

An exquisite new literary voice, for readers of Jenny Offill and Rachel Cusk, which depicts one woman's struggle to keep her four chickens alive over the course of a brutal Minnesota winter while grieving a recent miscarriage.

Our nameless narrator stubbornly tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive and safe over the course of one savage winter in Minnesota. Woefully unprepared for the task, she battles the relentless predators, severe weather and unforeseen bad luck--all the while grieving a recent miscarriage, and coming to terms with her infertility and the accompanying uncertainty that her future holds.

Intimate and startlingly original, this slender novel is packed with sorrow and joy. Brood is a stunning meditation on longing, grief, and relentless hope.