The Summary: Happy belated wrap up, Book Clubbers. Apologies for the delay in recapping our wonderful discussion of our first week of Eating Animals. This week, we talked about some very emotional topics: our families' relationship with food and life-changing events that made us want to re-evaluate our lives. Thanks so much to everyone who commented! Though many of you said that your families have non-vegan food traditions, it seemed like almost all had been successful at veganizing the family recipes or having the support of your family members. Many of you, like Foer, have children and want to make sure that they are raised vegetarian or vegan, which is so commendable! There are so many resources now for raising kids without feeding them animal products, and we're come a long way since the days of combining foods to make "complete" proteins.Another theme that came out in your answers was health issues. Whether it was a weight issue, something chronic like Crohn's Disease, to emotional catalysts, there were definitely significant moments in your lives that made pushed you beyond your typical comfort zones. Thank you for sharing such personal moments with everyone reading! That's it for now, I'll keep this short and sweet since we have a new discussion to get to today too!
~VN Book Club Hostess Lyndsay Orwig
