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by Barbara Kingsolver
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julieharrison
julieharrison rated it 12 years ago
Kingsolver's characters and settings seem to stay with me, and I think that will be particularly true for Dellarobia and her farm in Appalachia. The arrival of the butterflies sets into motion a series of events and realizations for Dellarobia. Her situation and the butterflies' are both pretty blea...
Damn Good Books (or not)
Damn Good Books (or not) rated it 12 years ago
Flight Behavior is compelling novel where climate change is the main theme tucked into the story of the domestic life of a rural Tennessee family. It is also about the social fabric and class struggles of contemporary Appalachia. This is a story with realistic characters, not always likable but a...
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
8/10/12 SA
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it 13 years ago
8/10/12 SA
willemite
willemite rated it 13 years ago
In 2004 Barbara Kingsolver moved from Tucson, where she had lived since 1978, to southern Appalachia. This marked a return to her roots, migrating back to an ancestral place, like the butterflies in her latest novel, Flight Behavior might once have done. She must feel right at home there as she has ...
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