Notes From The Henhouse: On Marrying A Poet, Raising Children And Chickens, And Writing

  • Author: Elspeth Barker
  • Narrator: Raffaella Barker
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 5:41:03
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Synopsis

A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker—acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.

Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes readers into the celebrated writer’s life.

Tracing Barker’s upbringing from her Scottish roots, these essays beautifully capture her time with the poet George Barker and her profound sense of loss following his death. She writes about George’s former lover Elizabeth Smart and other figures from 1950s bohemia and 1960s counterculture. Pieces like “Thoughts in a Garden,” equal parts hilarious and moving, read like dispatches from the front lines of country living, depicting the vagaries of raising a large family and assorted pets in a damp and drafty farmhouse.

Vivid, charming, and wholly original, Notes from the Henhouse is a wonderful glimpse into the life of an extraordinary writer.

Chapters

  • 021 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheDress

    Duration: 11min
  • 022 NotesFromTheHenhouse Spring

    Duration: 08min
  • 023 NotesFromTheHenhouse Portia

    Duration: 13min
  • 024 NotesFromTheHenhouse Amphibians

    Duration: 07min
  • 025 NotesFromTheHenhouse DogDays

    Duration: 15min
  • 026 NotesFromTheHenhouse AufWiedersehenPets

    Duration: 05min
  • 027 NotesFromTheHenhouse MovingOn

    Duration: 06min
  • 028 NotesFromTheHenhouse Appendix ThreeNorfolkArtists

    Duration: 14min
  • 029 NotesFromTheHenhouse TheDance

    Duration: 16min
  • 030 NotesFromTheHenhouse DownByTheSea

    Duration: 11min
  • 031 NotesFromTheHenhouse Missing

    Duration: 19min
  • 032 NotesFromTheHenhouse Carborundum

    Duration: 11min
  • 033 NotesFromTheHenhouse InTheCage

    Duration: 06min
  • 034 NotesFromTheHenhouse Credits

    Duration: 53s
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