About the Book: Notes from the Henhouse
This book is heaven. Elspeth Barker writes like no one else Olivia Laing
In Notes from the Henhouse, you will find a Gothic castle, a draughty Norfolk
farmhouse and a malevolent Aga.
A pet pig, Portia with a penchant for drama, an obsession with geraniums and an
addiction to wine (the Bulgarian vintage).
George Barker, poet and beloved husband, warbling cowboy songs into his glass
and declaiming Hopkins and Houseman in The Drinking Room.
Five entrancing baby cherubimos, rolling and bouncing about in a big brass bed,
before growing up at breakneck