The Bean Trees

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

An enchanting and classic novel of a young woman’s voyage of discovery across the Midwest…..Read More

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Pigs in Heaven

Mother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about family, heartbreak and love.Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Interethnic Adoption, Native American Literature, Read & Listen for Less, United States

Animal Dreams

"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Fathers And Daughters, United States

Ship Fever

1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Short Stories, Scientists, Short Stories, United States

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Life, Literary, Stepmothers

The Lacuna

In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor,… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, North Carolina, Political Fiction

Flight Behavior

Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a deft and versatile empathy Kingsolver dissects the motives that drive denial and belief… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Women Fiction, Families, Fiction, Political Fiction, Women Biologists

Kaaterskill Falls

With her unforgettable short fiction, Allegra Goodman became an award winner and a national bestseller. Her collections, Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, left the literary community eagerly awaiting her… Continue Reading Posted in: Literature & Fiction

Homeland and Other Stories

Homeland and Other Stories offers comic, often heart-warming but always true to life tales told as only the author can, creating a world of love and possibility that listeners will… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Fiction, Historical Caribbean & Latin American Fiction, Historical Fiction Short Stories, Short Stories, United States

Saint Maybe

In 1965, the happy Bedloe family is living an ideal, apple-pie existence in Baltimore.  Then, in the blink of an eye, a single tragic event occurs that will transform their lives… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Literary Satire Fiction, Self-Help & Psychology Humor, Suicide Victims, United States

Unsheltered

The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards—including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize,… Continue Reading Posted in: Genre Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Tragic Dramas & Plays, U.S. Historical Fiction

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With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest,… Continue Reading Posted in: English Prose, United States

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In this collection of essays, the author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us (out of one of history's darker moments) an extended love song to the world we… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Philosophy

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