Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow
The New Americans Trilogy, Book Two
by JC Newhouse
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Pub Date 28 Feb 2023 | Archive Date 6 Mar 2023
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Description
Hiding from the Russian army in a shelled-out house in southern Ukraine, Mike Lacondeguy comes across an old book of poems with a mystifying couplet: All the world went silent/Only the maidens and the nightingale stirred.
Half a year later, Mike returns to Virginia, and he’s called out by a homeless woman who argues with squirrels in public parks, dresses in her dead husband’s military fatigues and, if local legend can be believed, performs the occasional miracle. She pressures him to intervene in the lives of three new Americans connected by a disturbing secret … and the verse he discovered in the war.
CHICKEN TODAY, FEATHERS TOMORROW is a darkly humorous and ultimately uplifting fable of the quintessential American ritual of reinventing one’s self.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9798987861509 |
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Featured Reviews
Sue E, Reviewer
A captivating novel that explores the human experience with depth and humor. The story is well-crafted, with a unique and intriguing premise that kept me engaged from beginning to end. The characters are complex and relatable, and the themes of self-discovery and human connection are explored with nuance and insight.
Abigail L, Librarian
A unique and captivating novel. After finding an old book of poems in a shelled-out house in Ukraine, Mike returns to Virginia and encounters a homeless woman who seems to possess mystical powers. She asks him to intervene in the lives of three new Americans with a disturbing secret, connected by the same verse he discovered during the war. This darkly humorous and uplifting fable explores the American tradition of reinventing oneself, and the power of human connection.
