Heidi's review
Pigs in Heaven
by Barbara Kingsolver
Heidi's review
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Heidi's review
rating:
I'm a big fan of Barbara Kingsolver. As usual, this is many intertwined stories in one. This centers on the question of what defines a family? A horribly abused and orphaned Cherokee child is given to a stranger passing through a parking lot, and years later, the adoption is called into question. The Cherokee Nation must approve all adoptions of Cherokee children to non-Cherokee parents. So who's right? The adoptive mother who has loved and healed this child, or the nation that understands her history? It seems an obvious choice at first, but the answers seem less clear as we see more from the perspective of the young Cherokee lawyer pursuing the case. On one side, it's nature vs. nurture, but it's never a purely theoretical debate. You really come to question what is actually best for this child. In a good way.
