Beverly H. (GainesvilleGirl) - reviewed on 9/3/2014 + 215 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

When author and naturalist Sy Montgomery adopted a "doomed to die" piglet from a local pig farm in Vermont, she had no idea what a change she would be making in the lives of herself and her husband, Howard.
At first the piglet, which they named Christopher Hogwood,looked like he wasn't going to make it. The runt of the litter, skinny and loaded with worms, Christopher was weak and sickly. But with a lot of love, and the benefit of hand feeding plus worm meds, slowly but surely Chris began to fill out and come to life with a BANG! The story of this pig's life as he grows to over 700 lbs. and becomes a much loved and well known character in their small Vermont community, as well as the star of a few TV documentaries etc, is entertaining and amusing. I like the author's writing. It's intelligent and very informative. I'd recommend this book to anyone as a great read.

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