Louise Gray's first kill is a disaster. Injuring a rabbit, she thinks it has died in agony. But the experience teaches her a lesson and she vows to learn what it means to kill and eat animals. Sometimes shocking but always enlightening, her story helps us appreciate not just the farmers and fishermen behind our meals, but the animals themselves. Confronting anxieties about the modern food system, Louise's frank and funny writing encourages us to take responsibility for the animals on our plates.