The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
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- ISBN13: 9780345496096
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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“Christopher Hogwood came home on my lap in a shoebox. He was a creature who would prove in many ways to be more human than I am.”
–from The Excellent Excellent Pig
A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had permanently felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from wholesome meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish–and she soon establish herself engaged with her tiny-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible. Unexpectedly, Christopher provided this peripatetic traveler with something she had sought all her life: an attach (eventually weighing 750 pounds) to family tree and home.
The Excellent Excellent Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire, where his infinite zest for life and his large, loving heart made him absolute monarch over a (mostly) peaceable kingdom. At first, his domain included only Sy’s cosseted hens and her gorgeous border collie, Tess. Then the neighbors started fetching Christopher home from his unauthorized jaunts, the small girls next door ongoing giving him warm, soapy baths, and the villagers brought him tasty leftovers. His intelligence and fame increased along with his girth. He was featured in USA Today and on several National Public Radio environmental programs. On election day, some voters even wrote in Christopher’s name on their ballots.
But as this delightful book describes, Christopher Hogwood’s influence extended far beyond celebrity; for he was, as a friend said, a fantastic huge Buddha master. Sy reveals what she and others learned from this generous soul who just so happened to be a pig–lessons about self-acceptance, the meaning of family tree, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Planet. The Excellent Excellent Pig provides proof that with like, nearly anything is possible.
From the Hardcover edition.
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I was looking forwards to reading this book to my grandsons, but the edition I received was obviously a “second,” so I returned it lacking reading it.
The take in was upsidedown from the print inside.
It earned one star only because your system makes no provision for “0″ stars.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The leader has a political agenda and an extremist point of view that she repeatedly rams down your throat. I thought this was on par with such fantastic books as Marley and Me, but this was not the case at all. The writing is honest, the theme matter gets hijacked for her political views. Why does she assume that we want to hear her political viewpoint when purchasing a tale about a pet pig? Very disappointing.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
What is the relationship between reading a book and an ‘upsidedown’ take in? Methinks this is a review of the reviewer.
By the way, I have a book with an upsidedown take in, by Nelson Algren (MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM), which is signed by him noting the condition. I have another by John Steinbeck, also signed noting the condition. What’s the problem? Get your book signed by the leader to turn it into a silk purse.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
The leader being a self-described “naturalist,” I thought this book would have some sort of insight into the scenery of pigs. Nope. Mostly a lot of dull, self-indulgent tripe about how the leader and her spouse overfed this runt pig, whom they named Christopher Hogwood (how cute! — NOT!), and Hogwood grew into something Montgomery calls “gorgeous” but would more appropriately be called “grotesque.” (She even admits letting him eat ice cream until he can barely go and becomes overweight). The leader is what she calls “child free” (which one can fully support) but fails to see how her many animals are in fact substitute children. In one stunningly ignorant passage, she claims that the pig Hogwood is an “adult” and therefore her relationship to him is not one of adult to child. Hullo? It’s a PIG for cryin’ out loud. You can’t converse with it, plot an event with it and (yes, just like a baby) you have to make sure all its poop is cleaned up and that it’s taken care of.
I lost count of the dull passages in the book about how Hogwood made the leader closer to her neighbors and taught her how to “play with children” (gag). If you delight in that type of sentimental fluff, this book is for you. Personally, I was very sad at the end. Not because Hogwood died, but at the waste of perfectly excellent meat! (they buried him…sob!)
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I establish the tale to be to some extent flat. I finally gave up and place the book down permanently around Chapter 7. That said, I establish the reviews to be over-rated both on here and elsewhere.
Much like some of the additional reviewers, I establish the leader repetious to a fault in her attempts at building Christopher the pig sound intelligent, cute, and cuddly. I reflect her inclination in doing so was a detriment to the tale overall. Besides—maybe it’s me, but after reading a part of this pig’s antics, and from viewing a smattering of photos, I seriously doubt I would use adjectives such as “cute”, and “cuddly” ever in describing him. Some might argue that I missed something in not holding out and reading through ’til the end. But my gut told me that by Chapter 7, things were pretty much as excellent as they were going to get, and I was wasting my time plodding along in hopes that things might really improve.
I’m sure this pig did indeed bring alot of like and joy in both the owners, as well as additional’s lives. But the book’s retelling of Christopher and how deeply he influenced so many others left alot to be desired, at least for this reader.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5