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Pigs Can't Swim

A Memoir

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Pigs Can't Swim

By: Helen Peppe
Narrated by: Renée Raudman
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With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm - ferocious sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft - life was out of control, even for the animals. Despite the chaos, in telling her family's story, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and a touching compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind listeners of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own.

©2014 Helen Peppe (P)2014 Blackstone Women Memoir Witty Swim Memoir

Critic Reviews

“A writer and photographer’s wry but poignant account of her hardscrabble childhood and adolescence in rural New England…. Unsentimental in its character portrayals and forthright yet humorous in its depiction of devastated innocence and family dysfunction, Peppe’s book is a celebration of difference, resilience and the healing power of love.” ( Kirkus Reviews)
"[Peppe’s] recollections make for vivid, powerful stories." ( Booklist)
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