A Day No Pigs Would Die

I read this book in another universe that existed long, long ago. In that universe, I was young, skinny, and had short dark brown hair that my mother trimmed religiously every other Saturday. In that universe, I also had three siblings, two parents, and one God who wandered around his heaven all day......more

This book has stayed with me for over 20 years and read it again tonight and cried just as hard as I did when I read it for the first time as a child. It's a horribly sad, yet beautiful story. As an adult, I found the relationships more touching than I did when I read it as a child. The heartbreak w......more

Many readers don't like A Day No Pigs Would Die because of its religious connotations and its "sexism." Personally, I loved it because it depicts real life in all its glory...and its gruesomeness. Robert is a young boy who learns the reality of life's hardships - the necessity of doing the hard thin......more

"'Never miss a chance', Papa had once said, 'to keep your mouth shut.'" —A Day No Pigs Would Die, P. 91 Here is truly one of the most memorable narrative voices in modern young adult literature. Robert Peck's life as the only surviving son of a quiet, unassuming Shaker family isn't exactly fraught w......more

I wasn't sure if I should put this on my "memoirs" shelf as well, as Robert Peck uses his own name, along with those of his father, mother, etc... However, it's catagorized as "historical fiction." Any thoughts on this anyone? I haven't read this book since high school and junior high school, but th......more