Flight Behaviour: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Oct 2012 · Faber & Faber
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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
'One of the best books about climate change.' NAOMI KLEIN
'Lyrical, socially-engaged and passionate.' SUNDAY TIMES
'Impressive.' OBSERVER
'Beautiful.' IRISH TIMES
'Compelling.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
A captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by the award-winning, global bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The Lacuna
On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?
Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change. It explores the truths we live by, and the complexities that lie behind them.
Readers loved Flight Behaviour:
'Fascinating and unflinchingly raw. Highly recommended.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A beautifully crafted tale of creation, destruction and resurrection.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'So resonant and moving.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A great book and in many ways a fable for our times.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
'One of the best books about climate change.' NAOMI KLEIN
'Lyrical, socially-engaged and passionate.' SUNDAY TIMES
'Impressive.' OBSERVER
'Beautiful.' IRISH TIMES
'Compelling.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
A captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by the award-winning, global bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The Lacuna
On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?
Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change. It explores the truths we live by, and the complexities that lie behind them.
Readers loved Flight Behaviour:
'Fascinating and unflinchingly raw. Highly recommended.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A beautifully crafted tale of creation, destruction and resurrection.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'So resonant and moving.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A great book and in many ways a fable for our times.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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4.3
13 reviews
Kath Crolla
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October 10, 2018
For me, the first half if the story went on a little too long, and it began to be revelatory to me only in the second half. By this I mean I don't think so long was needed to establish the character and context of Dellarobia. The scenes between her and Hester are exquisite however. Then I think there is a rushing of the final parts of the story. But overall I loved it.
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Kate Conroy
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May 23, 2014
It's not preachy at all, but a beautiful study of human nature in the face of change...what happens when your backwoods-y farm is suddenly taken over by climate confused migratory butterflies? How will a small town react?
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Na Ap
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April 3, 2021
No poisonwood Bible but still I enjoyed it.
About the author
Barbara Kingsolver's fourteen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible, which is now considered a modern classic and was chosen as the best reading group novel ever at the Penguin/Orange Awards, and The Lacuna, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010. Her latest novel is Flight Behaviour.
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