Author: Barbara Kingsolver

  • Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

    Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

    I didn’t love Demon Copperhead, but I loved Kingsolver’s writing enough to seek out more from her. I’ve since read a few more of her books and loved every one. This one jumped off a shelf at my favourite used bookstore and I bought it without hesitation. I didn’t even realize there was a sequel…

  • The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

    The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

    Kingsolver’s first book, published in 1988, and every bit as relevant today. She targets white privilege, racism and how society treats the poor, the racialized, women.

  • Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

    Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

    The themes are big — colonialism, racism and religion of course, but also parental responsibility, generational trauma and heredity — but the story and characters are so engaging that they don’t feel heavy.

  • Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

    I haven’t read David Copperfield (but I have read a bunch of Dickens), and this is the first of Kingsolver’s for me. But! This book was dull. The first 200 pages were absolutely riveting. The narrator’s voice is unique, insightful, funny and makes you want to read sections out loud. Like Shuggie Bain narrated by Gus…