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Unsheltered

by Barbara Kingsolver
Unsheltered

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ISBN13: 9780062684561
ISBN10: 0062684566
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Kingsolver hits it out of the park with this topical, fascinating exploration of sociopolitical upheaval. Set in the same town during two different time periods, we encounter relatable and (mostly) likable characters struggling with issues surrounding shelter, science, faith, health, and progress. Required reading for anyone currently wrestling with the idea of the American Dream. Recommended By Leah C., Powells.com

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The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards — including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize — returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.

Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it's so unnerving that she's arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart. The magazine where she worked has folded, and the college where her husband had tenure has closed. The dilapidated house is also home to her ailing and cantankerous Greek father-in-law and her two grown children: her stubborn, free-spirited daughter, Tig, and her dutiful debt-ridden, ivy educated son, Zeke, who has arrived with his unplanned baby in the wake of a life-shattering development.

In an act of desperation, Willa begins to investigate the history of her home, hoping that the local historical preservation society might take an interest and provide funding for its direly needed repairs. Through her research into Vineland's past and its creation as a Utopian community, she discovers a kindred spirit from the 1880s, Thatcher Greenwood.

A science teacher with a lifelong passion for honest investigation, Thatcher finds himself under siege in his community for telling the truth: his employer forbids him to speak of the exciting new theory recently published by Charles Darwin. Thatcher's friendships with a brilliant woman scientist and a renegade newspaper editor draw him into a vendetta with the town's most powerful men. At home, his new wife and status-conscious mother-in-law bristle at the risk of scandal, and dismiss his financial worries and the news that their elegant house is structurally unsound.

Brilliantly executed and compulsively readable, Unsheltered is the story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts. In this mesmerizing story told in alternating chapters, Willa and Thatcher come to realize that though the future is uncertain, even unnerving, shelter can be found in the bonds of kindred — whether family or friends — and in the strength of the human spirit.

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“As always, Kingsolver gives readers plenty to think about. Her warm humanism coupled with an unabashed point of view make her a fine 21st-century exponent of the honorable tradition of politically engaged fiction.” Kirkus (Starred Review)

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“Exceptionally involving and rewarding…There is much to delight in and think about while reveling in Kingsolver’s vital characters, quicksilver dialogue, intimate moments, dramatic showdowns, and lushly realized milieus…An enveloping, tender, witty, and awakening novel of love and trauma, family and survival, moral dilemmas and intellectual challenges…” Booklist (Starred Review)

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“Kingsolver’s meticulously observed, elegantly structured novel unites social commentary with gripping storytelling…Containing both a rich story and a provocative depiction of times that shake the shelter of familiar beliefs, this novel shows Kingsolver at the top of her game.” Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of nine bestselling works of fiction, including the novels, Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work of narrative nonfiction is the enormously influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal, our country’s highest honor for service through the arts, as well as the prestigious Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her body of work. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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writermala , March 19, 2019 (view all comments by writermala)
Ever since "The Poisonwood Bible," I have been a Barbara Kingsolver fan. It took me a while to get into "Unsheltered" but once I did, it proved to be gripping. Kingsolver bases her story on a historical figure, Mary Treat, and builds around it. She was a naturalist who lived in Vineland, New Jersey and was way ahead of her time. Te other characters in the book is a family in the present. I loved how Kingsolver links the two families who lived over a century apart. The ending of each chapter provided the heading of the next chapter and the shambles that the house is in, links the two families memorably. My favorite characters were Mary Treat in the then, and and Tig in the now.

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cupcakemacfastlane , November 20, 2018 (view all comments by cupcakemacfastlane)
First Barbara Kingsolver book I have ever read...and I loved it. The story alternated between 2 families that live/lived in the same house 100 years apart. The house is in disrepair and so are both of the families. Ms. Kingsolver gives you a glimpse of each family, their problems and how each approach's saving the family as well as the house. Poetic and lyrical in her writing I have fallen for Ms. Kingsolver and will be seeking out more of her writings.

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XDA3NFwxNjNcMTQzXDE2MlwxN , October 19, 2018
bella ciao :)

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bella ciao :)

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9780062684561
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Publication date:
10/16/2018
Publisher:
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pages:
480
Height:
1.20IN
Width:
6.30IN
Author:
Barbara Kingsolver

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