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Flight Behavior

Barbara Kingsolver

Start date: April 18, 2016

Finish date: April 24, 2016

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Nov 14, 2012 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, science-and-environment

I like coming of age novels. Typically these involve younger protagonists who are at the stage of development from child to adult. But what I like even better and I find often more fulfilling in a story is the change and growth of adults.
Dellarobia is 30something. She is stuck in her house, marriage, life. She sets off to make a bad change, and ends up seeing millions of butterflies who have chosen her back property to roost over the winter. Science, poverty, environmentalism, religion and fami ...more

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May 02, 2013 Sharlene rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2013, north-america, for-review

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“The flame now appeared to lift from individual treetops in showers of orange sparks, exploding the way a pine log does in a campfire when it’s poked. The sparks spiraled upward in swirls like funnel clouds. Twisters of brightness against gray sky. In broad daylight with no comprehension, she watched. From the tops of the funnels the sparks lifted high and sailed out undirected above the dark forest.”

A young farmer’s wife is on the way to a tryst with a lover i ...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Dara rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

I used to love Barbara Kingsolver soooo much. This book has all the classic kingsolver characteristics- plucky working class heroine, kids, environmental destruction. Somehow it isn't quite as compelling as it was when I was twelve years old... ...more

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