These books will give you a taste of Kentucky when you can't actually be at the races with a mint julep in hand. Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Flight Behavior transfixes from its opening scene, when a young womans narrow experience of life is thrown wide with the force of a raging fire.
This week we are giving you books that are Kentucky inspired from fiction, to 'sci-fi, memoir to middle grade, short story collections and underdog sport stories, and even true crime. Once upon a time, I loved every book Barbara Kingsolver wrote: The Bean Trees grew into me, then Homeland and Other Stories, Animal Dreams (still my favorite), Pigs in Heaven.Heresy, I know, but Poisonwood Bible was not a favorite, but after surviving Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, I had to admit that my devotions diminished. Flight Behavior: A Novel Kindle Edition by Barbara Kingsolver (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 8,333 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. In just a few days, the Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs in Louisville KY and for folks here in KY it is a 2 week celebration. Flight Behavior illuminates the conflicting attitudes of different classes towards nature and the idea of climate change.
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