Barbara Kingsolver
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born
April 08, 1955
gender
female
place of birth
Annapolis, Maryland, The United States
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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
Barbara Kingsolver is an American fiction writer. She has written several novels, poems, short stories, and essays, and established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change."
She lives in Glade Spring, VA with her husband Steve Hopp.
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.97 — 90,696 ratings — published 1998 44 editions |
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The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.87 — 20,813 ratings — published 1988 25 editions |
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Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.91 — 17,534 ratings — published 2000 23 editions |
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver avg rating 4.12 — 16,180 ratings — published 2007 19 editions |
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Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.96 — 10,723 ratings — published 1987 22 editions |
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Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.84 — 9,947 ratings — published 1993 28 editions |
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High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.95 — 2,509 ratings — published 1995 10 editions |
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Small Wonder: Essays by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.99 — 2,460 ratings — published 2002 13 editions |
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Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 3.74 — 1,478 ratings — published 1989 14 editions |
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The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver avg rating 4.14 — 470 ratings — published 2001 |
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"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof."
— Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
— Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)
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hope
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""The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."
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— Barbara Kingsolver
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— Barbara Kingsolver
"Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky."
— Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible)
— Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible)
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life
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