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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Small Wonder: Essaysby Barbara Kingsolver
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she 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, these essays are grounded in the author's 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. Review:"Soulful and soul-searching....A passionate invitation to readers to be a part of the crowd that cares about the environment, peace, and family." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Altogether marvelous....Observant, imaginative, and both lucid and impassioned." Book Magazine Review:"It is fascinating that in her essay on what makes a story valuable, Kingsolver never mentions the companionship of a narrative voice...when such a voice is her greatest strength." Penelope Mesic, Book Magazine Review:"All of Kingsolver's issues are worthy, certainly, but the work is made less palatable by what seems to be a naivete....Her best pieces...have a narrow focus. Good intentions and craft marred by sanctimony." Kirkus Reviews About the AuthorBarbara Kingsolver's twelve books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction include the novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. Translated into nineteen languages, her work has won a devoted worldwide readership and many awards, including the National Humanities Medal. Table of ContentsIllustrated catalog of wonders — Foreword — Small wonder — Saying grace — Knowing our place — Patience of a saint — Seeing scarlet — Setting free the crabs — Forest's last stand — Called out — Fist in the eye of God — Lily's chickens — One-eyed monster and why I don't let him in — Letter to a daughter at thirteen — Letter to my mother — Going to Japan — Life is precious, or it's not — Flying — Household words — What good is a story? — Marking a passage — Taming the beast with two backs — Stealing apples — And our flag was still there — God's wife's measuring spoons — Acknowledgments.
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