the hen who dreamed she could fly a novel

Spare but evocative line drawings by the Japanese artist Nomoco add to the subtle charm of this slim volume. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly: A Novel bySun-mi Hwang Write a review How customer reviews and ratings work Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. The book explores the joys of parenthood and the sacrifices required to nurture the next generation, the healing bonds of friendship, and the tug-of-war between nature and nurture. His lifesaving friendship enables Sprout to achieve one of her dreams: she hatches an egg she discovers in a briar patch, at first unaware that her offspring is not a chick, but a duckling. Determined “to do something with her life,” Sprout escapes from her cage into the barnyard, but she’s shunned by all its denizens except another outsider like herself, a mallard duck called Straggler. The hen encapsulates her longing in the name Sprout, which she gives to herself, signifying the fecundity of nature. Instead, she is sentenced to a life where her hatched eggs slowly roll away from her and are then collected each day and. On the surface, it’s a story about a hen named Sprout who is trapped in a chicken coop and dreams of hatching an egg and nurturing a chick. That is what happened when I read THE HEN WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY. The protagonist is a philosophically restless hen who yearns to raise a chick, but her eggs are collected daily by the farmer’s wife. The book explores the joys of parenthood and the sacrifices required to nurture the next generation, the healing bonds of friendship, and the tug-of-war between. November 2013 I love when a slim novel packs a powerful punch. This is the lesson of this simply told but absorbing fable, a two million–copy bestseller in South Korea, and a story that will appeal to readers of self-help. Problem:It’s the wrong bookIt’s the wrong editionOther Details (if other): Cancel Thanks for telling us about the problem. Yet it’s possible to achieve happiness, and to make a positive contribution to humanity, if one perseveres. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Flyby Sun-mi Hwang. She has a dream of hatching one egg and raising the chick herself.

However, Sprout is not content to lay eggs for others in a tiny cage for the farmer. The road of life is paved with hardships, even tragedy. THE HEN WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY, a modern South Korean fable by Sun-mi Hwang, tells the story of Sprout, a plucky, ambitious and charismatic hen who lives in a coop.

The hen who dreamed she could fly a novel