Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from September, 2023

September Read----Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Monday, September 25, 3:45   A NEW YORK TIMES "TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022" An Oprah’s Book Club Selection An Instant  New York Times  Bestseller An Instant  Wall Street Journal  Bestseller  A #1  Washington Post  Bestseller "Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient.” —Beth Macy, author of  Dopesick "May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.” (Ron Charles,  Washington Post ) From the acclaimed author of  The Poisonwood Bible  and  The Bean Trees,  a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia,  Demon Copperhead  is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, an