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I haven't read a Barbara Kingsolver book since the Poisonwood Bible, and I'm realizing what a mistake that has been . . . this book is equally wonderful. Kingsolver is a master storyteller and developer of both characters and place. I was totally absorbed by the Appalachian setting, the variety of characters (from a kindergartner to the main character to her relatives despite having no natural affinity with them or their lives), and the tragic beauty of the monarch butterflies that drape the sto
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Beautiful writing and characters, but frequently got bogged down in preachy explication.
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