From factory farms to sanctuaries, pigs live rich and complex lives often hidden from us. In this two-part book, Marine veteran Richard Hoyle and renowned activist Anita Krajnc give us an in-depth look into their experience caring for pigs-and its cost.From his sanctuary in Tennessee, Hoyle describes the many challenges and lessons that come with caring for pigs for thirty-six years.It all began with one pig named Patti Murphy, which Rich purchased with trepidation to please his loving wife, Laura. Then, in a plot twist that Rich, a professional firefighter and paramedic, calls one of the most bizarre in his life, he fell in love with that sweet little freethinking pig.When the eighties'' mini-pig fad ended in the tragic abandonment of thousands of these pigs, the Hoyle''s created a sanctuary to rescue as many as they could, and The Pig Preserve was borne.Rich takes the reader on a journey about the unique way these pigs changed his life with transformative love and care.Each pig''s pe