The natural world as we know it is coming to an end, overheated by human greed. Flight Behavior represents contemporary American fiction at its finest. Flight Behavior A novel Barbara Kingsolver Harper: 436 pp., 28.99 Strange things are happening in Appalachia. Kingsolver's riveting story concerns a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factions-religious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicians-trapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world. Kingsolver has constructed a deeply affecting microcosm of a phenomenon that is manifesting in many different tragic ways, in communities and ecosystems all around the globe.” - Seattle TimesĪ truly stunning and unforgettable work from the extraordinary New York Times bestselling author of The Lacuna (winner of the Orange Prize), The Poisonwood Bible (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize), and Animal, Vegetable, Miracleįlight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia a breathtaking parable of catastrophe and denial that explores how the complexities we inevitably encounter in life lead us to believe in our particular chosen truths. Whether her subject is Dellarobia's channel-surfing husband or a group of California ecology students, Kingsolver has a keen eye, good ear and gentle sense of humor. "An intricate story that entwines considerations of faith and faithlessness, inquiry, denial, fear and survival in gorgeously conceived metaphor.
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