Small Wonder
In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, genetic engineering, or the future of a...
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In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, genetic engineering, or the future of a nation founded on the best of all human impulses, these essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in both those places. Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060504083 (0060504080)
Publish date: April 15th 2003
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 264
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Book Club,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
Short Stories
I believe that there are a few authors who really speak to each of us in an extremely personal and almost eery way. Maybe they’re not always on the mark, maybe every piece of work they churn out isn’t our favorite, but in some small way, their writing has made a profound and unparalleled impact on u...
i really enjoy reading what kingsolver has to say. it's always, always educational. among other things, this has made me incredibly excited to prepare my garden for next year's planting."My best revenge against all the dishonesty and hatred in the world, it seems to me, will be to raise up right t...
4.5 starsI was inclined to think I would like Kingsolver's fiction much better than her essays. Happily, I was wrong. This is a collection of beautifully written essays covering everything from raising chickens to raising children, from global war to birdwatching. There are so many perfectly expr...
Barbara Kingsolver, novelist and naturalist, writes in Small Wonder her thoughts on the raising chickens, motherhood, television, and war. She is at her best when she w...