Flight Behaviour

Flight Behaviour

by Barbara Kingsolver
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/10/2012

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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION


**'One of the best books about climate change.' NAOMI KLEIN

'Lyrical, socially-engaged and passionate.' SUNDAY TIMES

'Impressive.' OBSERVER

'Beautiful.' IRISH TIMES

'Compelling.' DAILY TELEGRAPH


A captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by the award-winning, global bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The Lacuna


On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?


Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change. It explores the truths we live by, and the complexities that lie behind them.


Readers loved Flight Behaviour:


'Fascinating and unflinchingly raw. Highly recommended.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A beautifully crafted tale of creation, destruction and resurrection.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'So resonant and moving.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A great book and in many ways a fable for our times.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

ISBN:
9780571290796
9780571290796
Category:
Political / legal thriller
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver is one of the most important voices of our time. Barbara Kingsolver’s previous fourteen works of fiction and non-fiction have been translated into dozens of languages and earned a devoted readership.

She won the Orange Prize in 2010 for The Lacuna and her novel Flight Behaviour was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

In 2000 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal, her country's highest honour for service through the arts. Before she made her living as a writer, Kingsolver earned degrees in biology and worked as a scientist. She now lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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