Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm

In this personal and poignant memoir, Vivian Miller Moore recounts her adventures when a ruffed grouse she names Paddy chooses to live on the ancestral family farm she shares with her husband. Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm is the story of an unusual friendship between a wild bird and a woman willing to learn from him and protect him. In addition to the story she tells about Paddy, Moore also invites readers into the world of farming in the hills of Vermont. In prose that is at once simple and elegant, author Vivian Moore gives readers a perspective on living with the land, an experience to be shared with readers of all ages.