Flight Behavior

Flight Behavior

By Barbara Kingsolver
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“A dazzling page-turner.”

Elle

A 2012 Washington Post Notable Book for Fiction

A 2012 USA Today Best Book of Fiction

Finalist for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction

A London Guardian Pick of the Top 10 Books of Eco-Fiction

A BookPage Best Book of the Year in Readers' Choices

New York Times Bestseller

""An intricate story that entwines considerations of faith and faithlessness, inquiry, denial, fear and survival in gorgeously conceived metaphor. 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 Times

A 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, Miracle

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 represents contemporary American fiction at its finest.

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  1. Meagan
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    Just Couldn't Get Into It

    The Bean Trees (also by Barbara Kingsolver) is one of my favorite books of all time. I recall that I had trouble finished the sequel to The Bean Trees (Animal Dreams); but my mother and sisters are such devoted fans of Kingsolver, I felt I should give her books another shot. I chose this more recent novel based on editorial and reader reviews.***The verdict? I could not get into this book. I remember the precise moment that I started to dislike it: Kingsolver (narrating her own story) compared some raspberry twigs to a pink lipstick. Cliche, boring, tired, and too much like a romance novel from the first few chapters. I tried to keep going with it, but eventually put it aside to listen to my usual podcasts. I can't recall the last time I gave up on an audiobook; but I will remember how, one again, I was disappointed by a Barbara Kingsolver book.

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