| Barbara KingsolverIncludes the names: B Kingsolver, Kingsolver B., Barb Kingsolver, Brbr Kingsolvsr, Bsrbsrs Kingsolvr, Barbara Kinsolver, Barbara Kngsolver, Barbara kingslover, BARBARS KINGSOLVER, Barbara Kingsolver ... (see complete list), Barbara Kinsolving, Brabara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsovler, Barbara Kingslover, Barbara Kingsoliver, Barbara Kingsolveer, by Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Ed. Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver Editor, Barbara Kingsolver (Author, Barbara Kingsolver (Author), Барбара Кингсолвер, Barbara Kingsolver (author and narrator), ΜΠΑΡΜΠΑΡΑ ΚΙΝΓΚΣΟΛΒΕΡ | 77,056 (83,866) | 1,941 | 124 |  (4.04) | 545 | 0 | Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955 in Annapolis, Maryland and grew up in Eastern Kentucky. As a child, Kingsolver used to beg her mother to tell her bedtime stories. She soon started to write stories and essays of her own, and at the age of nine, she began to keep a journal. After graduating with a degree in biology form De Pauw University in Indiana in 1977, Kingsolver pursued graduate studies in biology and ecology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She earned her Master of Science degree in the early 1980s. A position as a science writer for the University of Arizona soon led Kingsolver into feature writing for journals and newspapers. Her articles have appeared in a number of publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, and Smithsonian magazines. In 1985, she married a chemist, becoming pregnant the following year. During her pregnancy, Kingsolver suffered from insomnia. To ease her boredom when she couldn't sleep, she began writing fiction Barbara Kingsolver's first fiction novel, The Bean Trees, published in 1988, is about a young woman who leaves rural Kentucky and finds herself living in urban Tucson. Since then, Kingsolver has written other novels, including Holding the Line, Homeland, and Pigs in Heaven. In 1995, after the publication of her essay collection High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never, Kingsolver was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from her alma mater, De Pauw University. Her latest works include The Lacuna and Flight Behavior. Barbara's nonfiction book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was written with her family. This is the true story of the family's adventures as they move to a farm in rural Virginia and vow to eat locally for one year. They grow their own vegetables, raise their own poultry and buy the rest of their food directly from farmers markets and other local sources. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Poisonwood Bible … (more) |
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 Adult Book Group  Barbara Kingsolver | Unsheltered With a “special gift for the vivid evocation of landscape and of her characters' state of mind” (New York Times Book Review), Barbara Kingsolver is the author of The Poisonwood Bible, a finalist for both the Pulitzer and the Orange prizes. Her other novels include The Bean Trees, The Lacuna, and Flight Behavior. She is founder of the PEN/Bellwether Prize, winner of the National Humanities Medal, and recipient of the James Beard Award. Unsheltered tells the story of a woman who, amid familial strife and sea change, researches the history of her rural New Jersey home and discovers a kindred spirit in its harried 19th century occupant. (queenfrostine23)… (more)Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver discussion Bookends: Adult Fiction Discussion Group. Adults of all ages read and discuss fiction titles on the third Tuesday of each month. This month's title:Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Summary: A young woman discovers her rural Tennessee community has been invaded by monarch butterflies in this effective tear-jerker cum environmental jeremiad from Kingsolver (The Lacuna, 2009, etc.). At 17, English honor student Dellarobia thought she would escape a future of grim rural poverty by attending college. Instead, she got pregnant and married. Now 27, feeling stifled by the responsibility of two young children she loves and a husband she tolerates, Dellarobia is heading to her first adulterous tryst when she happens upon a forested valley taken over by a host of brilliant orange butterflies that appear at first like a silent fire. She skips the tryst, but her life changes in unexpected ways. Soon after, Dellarobia leads her sweet if dim husband, Cub, to the butterflies, and they become public knowledge. The butterflies have landed in Tennessee because their usual winter habitat in Mexico has been flooded out. The local church congregation, including Dellarobia's mother-in-law, Hester, embraces the butterflies' arrival as a sign of grace. Influenced by her beloved preacher, usually antagonistic Hester (a refreshingly complex character) becomes a surprising ally in convincing Dellarobia's father-in-law not to cut down the forest for much-needed cash, although she is not above charging tourists, who arrive in increasing numbers to view the spectacle. Soon, a handsome black scientist with a Caribbean accent has set up in her barn to study the beautiful phenomena, which he says may spell environmental doom. Dellarobia is attracted to the sophisticated, educated world Dr. Byron and his grad school assistants represent. When she takes a job working with the scientists, the schisms in her already troubled marriage deepen. Yet, she is fiercely defensive against signs of condescension toward her family and neighbors; she really goes after a guy whose list of ways to lower the carbon footprint--"bring your own Tupperware to a restaurant," "fly less"--have no relevance to people trying to survive economically day-by-day. (Kirkus) (DoctorFate)… (more) Book Club for Adults, Every Third Thursday You’re cordially invited to attend our every third Thursday of the month Book Club for grown-ups. This month's book is Flight behavior. Moderated by longtime bookseller Michelle and events gal Suzanne, our book club is multi-generational, friendly, casually well read, and one of the best groups to talk about a book with we've ever met!
There's no need to register or RSVP. Just show up and join the lively discussion. As always, our club books will be discounted 10% every month. Additionally, if your book club buys 3 or more copies of one title, we’ll happily discount any and all other book club’s titles too!
Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St. City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Writers as Readers Animal dreams by Barbara KingsolverWriting Group Tonight, Writers as Readers Book Club will discuss Barbara Kingsolvers' Animal dreams. Your invited to join them if you are interested in viewing a book from the interest of writing style and content, meeting in the front of the store at 6:30 pm. (added from Barnes & Noble) AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP Afternoon Book Group Open to the Community Thursday,August 21, 2014 1:00-2:00 p.m. Books & Company Ken will be leading a discussion on Flight behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (September 18~ Bohemian Flats by Mary Relindes Ellis) Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife seeking momentary escape through an obsessive flirtation with a younger man. As she hikes to a secret tryst, she encounters a valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She understands it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders, and the media. As the community lines up to judge the woman and her miracle, Dellarobia confronts her family, her church, her town, and a larger world, in a flight toward truth that could undo all she has ever believed.
Location: Street: 1039 Summit Ave City: Oconomowoc, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53066-4457 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Northshire Saratoga Truth & Tales Reading Group The Northshire Saratoga Truth & Tales Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on Thursday, July 17th at 6:30 pm to discuss, Flight behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver. If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by the Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount). We currently have a full group of excited readers, but for more information about the group or to be put on the waiting list please contact ReadingGroupsNY@northshire.com.
Location: Street: Around the Corner Cafe Additional: 422 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Auntie's Morning Book Group This month we’re reading Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. All are welcome to join us. Location: Street: Auntie's Bookstore/ Mezz Additional: 402 W Main Ave City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)The FOURTH TUESDAY (MARGIE’S) BOOK CLUB at Books Inc. Palo Alto The FOURTH TUESDAY (MARGIE’S) BOOK CLUB will discuss Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Location: Books Inc. Street: 74 Town & Country Village City: Palo Alto, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)
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