Flight Behavior

by Kingsolver, Barbara
ISBN: 9780062124272
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New York Times Bestseller

Indie Bestseller

Barnes & Noble Bestseller

National Bestseller

Amazon Best Book of the Month

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Best Book of the Year: New York Times Notable, Washington Post Notable, Amazon Editor's Choice, USA Today's Top Ten (#1), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star

Prize-winning author: Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award), Orange Prize for Fiction

Prize-winning Author: National Humanities Medal, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Orange Prize for Fiction, Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award)

"Kingsolver is a gifted magician of words."
--Time

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, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver returns with a truly stunning and unforgettable work. Flight 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. 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. Flight Behavior is arguably Kingsolver's must thrilling and accessible novel to date, and like so many other of her acclaimed works, represents contemporary American fiction at its finest.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Kingsolver, Barbara
  • ISBN: 9780062124272
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 464
  • Publication Year: 2013

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  • This is not the flight you're expecting

    Gillian P. - 8 years ago

    Oh, Barbara, you had me at Poisonwood Bible. This new novel weaves together how global warming is affecting our environment and the impacts it can have in rural communities. Her Appalachian characters are memorable as always, and feel true: from Dellarobia, married young and living on a family farm, to all her relatives and friends. The pace is quiet and a bit slow, but so rich.

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  • A woman torn between family and freedom and faith and science.

    Valerie M. - 8 years 1 month ago

    Dellarobia Turnbow is ready to make a life altering mistake when she sees what appears to be some kind of magical fire on her family's mountain side and turns back to the comfort of her family. The strange flames turn out to be Monarch butterflies who should have been roosting in Mexico instead. The phenomenon draws the attention of a group of scientist, tourists, the local community, and even the media. Some think the butterflies are a fortuitous spiritual sign. Others believe the butterflies to be a sign of great ecological disturbances. Dellarobia finds herself torn between family and freedom and faith and science. Her story comes to a beautiful, yet gut-wrenching end when she decides to take a leap away from everything she knows to take flight on her own.

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