Set in a rural part of Tennessee that has endured unseasonal rain, the plot explores the effects of a bizarre biological event on a Bible Belt community. Dellarobia Turnbow comes upon millions of monarch butterflies glowing like a "lake of fire" in a sheep pasture owned by her in-laws. The event is immediately branded a miracle and could provide a lucrative tourist season for the financially beleaguered Turnbows. The arrival of a research team led by sexy scientist Ovid Byron reveals the troubling truth behind the butterflies' presence, that they've been driven by pollution from their usual Mexican winter grounds and now face extinction due to northern hemisphere temperatures. Equally threatening is the fact that her father-in-law, Bear, has sold the land to loggers. Already restless in her marriage to the passive Cub, for whom she gave up college when she became pregnant at 17, unsophisticated, cigarette-addicted Dellarobia takes a mammoth leap when she starts working with the research team. As her horizons expand, she faces a choice between the status quo and the possibility of personal fulfillment.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Tennessee
Bonnie recommends Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, published in 2012, for the state of Tennessee. "Kingsolver is a very good writer, and I rate this novel 9 of 10."
Set in a rural part of Tennessee that has endured unseasonal rain, the plot explores the effects of a bizarre biological event on a Bible Belt community. Dellarobia Turnbow comes upon millions of monarch butterflies glowing like a "lake of fire" in a sheep pasture owned by her in-laws. The event is immediately branded a miracle and could provide a lucrative tourist season for the financially beleaguered Turnbows. The arrival of a research team led by sexy scientist Ovid Byron reveals the troubling truth behind the butterflies' presence, that they've been driven by pollution from their usual Mexican winter grounds and now face extinction due to northern hemisphere temperatures. Equally threatening is the fact that her father-in-law, Bear, has sold the land to loggers. Already restless in her marriage to the passive Cub, for whom she gave up college when she became pregnant at 17, unsophisticated, cigarette-addicted Dellarobia takes a mammoth leap when she starts working with the research team. As her horizons expand, she faces a choice between the status quo and the possibility of personal fulfillment.
Set in a rural part of Tennessee that has endured unseasonal rain, the plot explores the effects of a bizarre biological event on a Bible Belt community. Dellarobia Turnbow comes upon millions of monarch butterflies glowing like a "lake of fire" in a sheep pasture owned by her in-laws. The event is immediately branded a miracle and could provide a lucrative tourist season for the financially beleaguered Turnbows. The arrival of a research team led by sexy scientist Ovid Byron reveals the troubling truth behind the butterflies' presence, that they've been driven by pollution from their usual Mexican winter grounds and now face extinction due to northern hemisphere temperatures. Equally threatening is the fact that her father-in-law, Bear, has sold the land to loggers. Already restless in her marriage to the passive Cub, for whom she gave up college when she became pregnant at 17, unsophisticated, cigarette-addicted Dellarobia takes a mammoth leap when she starts working with the research team. As her horizons expand, she faces a choice between the status quo and the possibility of personal fulfillment.
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I took up reading Kingsolver after picking up this book. She is an unusual and sometimes controversial writer. I enjoy her work very much...:)
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