Cowkind: A Novel

Bob Scott's cows are worried. Farmer Bob is acting oddly, and his draft-age son, Gerry, is fearful too. It is the late 1960s. Gerry is struggling with his parents, his college-bound sister Renee, Vietnam, and all the pressures of his generation, pressures that will change the farm and the lives of every creature on it, especially the Bossy, whose tender affection for Farmer Bob is unrequited; Smitty, the wise elder tormented by disrespectful younger cows; Calvin, the prodigal calf; Peanut, who dreams of running away to join the circus; White John, the bull whose role and identity are threatened by progress; And Aretha, the abused cow whose unearthly visions may redeem them all - even Farmer Bob.