Avocado Anxiety
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
The food stories behind your favourite fruits and vegetables.






The food stories behind your favourite fruits and vegetables.
The narrative blends memoir and academic research to reveal how the miraculous intersects with everyday life, showcasing a God who is accessible to everyone, regardless of faith. It highlights the transformative nature of divine encounters in the ordinary, emphasizing God's presence in the lives of all people, not just the faithful elite. By intertwining contemporary experiences with biblical themes, the book illustrates the boundless possibilities that arise when the ordinary meets the extraordinary, inviting readers to explore their own connection to the divine.
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Eight-year-old Izzy is more curious, playful, and clumsy than her serious, grown-up sister Carrie. In fact, Izzy is much more like Gran, an eccentric scientist who has a house full of weird and wonderful pets. But when one of Gran's experiments backfires, Izzy discovers that she has the ability to become invisible! That is, unless Perky the parrot is perched on her shoulder, or she has one of his feathers safely stowed in her pocket. Yikes! While Gran searches for an antidote, Izzy explores her invisibility--to her and Perky's amusement--but Mom, Dad and Carrie aren't impressed. Can Izzy prove that she is using her invisibility to help those around her, and regain her sister's trust?
By only eating animals she has killed herself for a year, Louise Gray explores our relationship with the animals we eat and how we might reconnect with the natural world through food.