A review by jaclyncrupi
Brood by Jackie Polzin

5.0

A few readers I trust completely wrote to me early this year telling me I would love this book. I have never felt so seen and understood (both by them and by this book). As someone who has gone to extreme lengths to keep my chickens alive (RIP Peggy) I understood our nameless narrator implicitly. Brood may seemingly be a book of chickens but it’s actually a book of the particular grief that follows a miscarriage. Polzin is comfortable with dark humour and this book is as funny as it is sad. The writing is GLORIOUS! I could eat prose this good. It won’t be for everyone but it is decidedly for me and will be in my top books of the year without doubt. It’s a specific joy to feel so seen by a book and the people who read them.