Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, a Book Review by Rebecca Moll

Flight Behavior
From pillar to post. Whichever way the wind blows.
Life can be like that.
Erratic. Unpredictable. Unfair. Even, cruel.

There are forces unbeknownst to us, greater than us.

Barbara Kingsolver blends a tale of old, mixing man and nature, perseverance, adaptation, and evolution. Dellarobia and the Monarchs.

When the foundation of a troubled marriage crumbles to the point of collapse, Dellrobia decides to take heart from a strange natural phenomenon, take flight, change her pattern, and look to healthier horizons. Change comes at a cost. Just like the monarch butterflies, there are lives lost and forsaken, humble beginnings, unpredictable futures, and most of all, risk.

Just like the monarchs, Dellarobia knows her actions will ripple into the future, changing the lives of her own children, their children, their children's children.

Changing her flight pattern, she deviates from family obligations, social expectations, and ventures out on a new life, a chrysalis, one step away from her new destiny.

Solid characters, humorous dialogue, and a plot that lends to reflection, Kingsolver leaves the reader with much to consider.

Harness the wind and post your own pillars. The world depends upon it.