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Rachel
Dec 30, 2018 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, libraryebook
2.5 stars. As well as she can write it was very preachy, which I find especially frustrating because I truly feel this is exactly the type of book that needs to be written and read. With me she's preaching to the choir but I would love to hear the opinion of someone across the political aisle from me. It just felt like a story stretched out along the points she wanted to make. ...more
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Nadine in NY Jones
Apr 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: nj, fiction, literary-schmiterary, womens-day
Doesn't really sound like my usual kind of book, but ... it's Kingsolver, AND it's set in Vineland, NJ, so how can I resist?! ...more
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Katie
Jan 28, 2019 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: female-author, social-issues
This book alternates between the stories of two families living in the same house in different times periods, one in modern day, and one in the 1880s. Both time periods are filled with political and social upheaval involving fear of change and the questioning of what is true. There are a lot of parallels between the two time periods and the story had a lot of potential, however for me it fell completely flat.

All the characters in this novel are incredibly one dimensional and the story is overly ...more
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Erica
May 15, 2024 added it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: adult-fiction
Satisfying! Speaks to so many issues of our time: the closing of colleges, climate change, our deep and persistent need to change the way we live in America.

Small critique: Some of the discussions between characters got a bit long.
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erin
Nov 04, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Katy
Jul 30, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: politics-and-civics
Jody Rowan
May 25, 2023 rated it really liked it
Shelves: climate-change-environment, read-2023
Jocelyn
Oct 16, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Feb 05, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: borrowed, 2019
Rosemary
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Rajivi
Mar 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Cindy
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Christina
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Jen
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Sara
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