I'm thrilled to be debuting the first trailer for Michael Perry's upcoming book, Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting. Coop follows Michael Perry, author of Truck: A Love Story and Population: 485, as he migrates to the country with his pregnant wife and daughter, attempting to reconnect with the earth, with neighbors, and with a deeper meaning for life. Faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home, Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father.
Whether Perry is recalling his childhood ("I first perceived my father as a farmer the night he drove home with a giant lactating Holstein tethered to the bumper of his Ford Falcon") or what it's like to be bitten in the butt while wrestling a pig ("two firsts in one day"), Coop is filled with the humor his readers have come to expect. Check out the video and let us know what you think!
-Kayleigh