Became a 'huge Kingsolver fan in the mid 90's when I read "The Bean Trees", and "Lacuna" did not disappoint. Sometimes books come along at the right time, I had seen the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Philly Art Museum, and of course, watched the movie again. So last year I picked up "Lacuna" and embraced it all, the art, the politics, and learned about the Monument Men, the military art experts who helped pack and move our art treasures from Washington DC to the Biltmore in Asheville! This amazed me, and led me to watch Europa, Europa, Hitler's plan to move all the art treasures from all the European countries to Germany! So sometimes a book is not just a book, it's a catalyst for a journey, and Lacuna was that for me!