GOOD GOOD PIG, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“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 Good Good Pig
　　A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among
wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt
more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly
opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from
nourishing 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 found herself engaged with her
small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible.
Unexpectedly, Christopher provided this peripatetic traveler with
something she had sought all her life: an anchor (eventually
weighing 750 pounds) to family and home.
　　The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his
glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New
Hampshire, where his boundless 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
beautiful border collie, Tess. Then the neighbors began fetching
Christopher home from his unauthorized jaunts, the little girls
next door started giving him warm, soapy baths, and the villagers
brought him delicious 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 enchanting book describes, Christopher Hogwood’s
influence extended far beyond celebrity; for he was, as a friend
said, a great big 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, the value
of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Earth. The Good
Good Pig provides proof that with love, almost anything is
possible.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

　　Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, author, documentary
*writer, and radio commentator who writes for children as well
as adults. Among her award-winning books are Journey of the Pink
Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.
She has made four trips to Peru and Brazil to study the pink
dolphins of the Amazon; and on other expeditions, she was chased by
an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire; bitten by a vampire bat in
Costa Rica; undressed by an orangutan in Borneo; and hunted by a
tiger in India. She also worked in a pit crawling with eighteen
thousand snakes in Manitoba; handled a wild tarantula in French
Guiana; and swam with piranhas, electric eels, and dolphins in the
Amazon. She lives in New Hampshire.

CHAPTER  1　RUNTHOOD
CHAPTER 2　BUYING THE FARM
CHAPTER 3　BREAKING OUT
CHAPTER 4　GIVE ME SHELTER
CHAPTER 5　A BLENDED FAMILY
CHAPTER 6　PIG SPA
CHAPTER 7　NATURE RED IN CLAW AND TUSK
CHAPTER 8　CELEBRITY
CHAPTER 9　FINDING EDEN
CHAPTER 10　A HOG’S HOLIDAY
CHAPTER 11　IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
CHAPTER 12　COMING BACK TO LIFE
CHAPTER 13　THE DAYS BEFORE THE LILACS
CHAPTER 14　HOG HEAVEN
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