Small Wonder

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Small Wonder

Essays

Barbara Kingsolver

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“Soulful and soul searching. . . a passionate invitation to readers to be part of the crowd that cares about the environment, peace, and family.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

In this moving essay collection, the acclaimed author of bestselling works such as Demon Copperhead and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, raises her voice in praise of nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the genesis of war, violence, and poverty in our world.

Whether Barbara Kingsolver is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, genetic engineering, or the future of a nation founded on the best of all human impulses, her writings are grounded in the belief that our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in both those places.

Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves.

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Pages288

Released2009

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN9780061868641

SellerHarperCollins

About the author(s)

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyote’s Wild Home, a children’s book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and its Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.

Reviews

“Soulful and soul searching. . . a passionate invitation to readers to be part of the crowd that cares about the environment, peace and family. . . a tantalizing peek into Kingsolver’s world.” — San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

“Observant, imaginative, and both lucid and impassioned.” — Book Magazine

“This book of essays by Barbara Kingsolver is like a visit from a cherished old friend.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A delightful, challenging, and wonderfully informative book.” — San Francisco Chronicle

“Essays … [of] great skill and wisdom.” — Booklist

“The acclaimed novelist’s extraordinary powers of observation and understanding of character serve her beautifully in this collection of essays.” — Entertainment Weekly

“Brave … a book of conscience [and] the voice of reason we all need to hear.” — Winston-Salem Journal