Woefield Poultry Collective

By: Susan Juby

Narrated by: Carter Hayden, Kate Griffin, Jennifer Walls, Michael Fletcher

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 loosest possible 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, soon discovers that the bank is about to foreclose on Woefield Farm, which means that she has to turn things around, fast. But fear not! She’ll be assisted by Earl, a spry seventy-something, banjo-playing foreman with a distrust of newfangled ideas and a substantial family secret; Seth, the alcoholic, celebrity-blogging boy-next-door who hasn’t left the house since a scandal with his high school drama teacher; and Sara Spratt, a highly organized eleven-year-old looking for a home for her prize-winning chickens, including one particularly randy fellow soon to be christened Alec Baldwin.

Full of off-beat charm and characters you won’t soon forget, The Woefield Poultry Collective is a heartwarming novel about learning how to take on a challenge, facing your fears and finding friendship in the most unlikely of places.

Wow!

I cannot say enough good things about The Woefield Poultry Collective! The story is original; the everyday problems unique to the characters' lives make them relatable. Best of all, it's hilarious! You will literally laugh out loud at the shenanigans taking place on this farm. I am very impressed by the narration as well...each character is narrated by a different person, not the same person just changing their voice. Because each character is telling their point of view of the story, combined with the individuality of the narrator's voice, the story flows effortlessly. Very Impressive!!

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Loved this book. I hope the author does a sequel and they get all the same people to narrate the characters. Had me laughing out loud on several occasions and yet there are some serious issues being dealt with. If you can appreciate the absurd and some black humour, I think you'll enjoy the book.

Am now going to hunt down other books by this author but, truly, I hope we hear more about the Woefield Poultry Collective.

Warm-hearted fun

This was a delightful book from an author I wasn't familiar with. It is full of hilarious contemporary references and all the characters are deeply flawed, yet charming and lovable. It's one of the most enjoyable books I've read for awhile. I even forgave all the endless swearing from some of the characters, which I usually don't, because it fits so perfectly with who they are. The multiple narrators also works well, because it helps delineate each very clearly, which strengthens a character-driven book. I'd love to return to further adventures of Woefield Farm!

Beautifully cast, excellent narration

What did you like best about this story?

The dialogue, like Miriam Towes, Susan Juby is really good at the rolling story.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

The characters come alive.

Entertaining read

Thoughly enjoy the story, writing and characters, however, it just stopped with no ending. The main character was not in the story for several chapters before it stopped. Unsatisfying ending.