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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... read more
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On a cool October day in the oak-forested hills of Lorena Province in Iran, a lost child was saved in an inconceivable way.
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Illustrated catalogue of wonders
Foreword
Small wonder
Saying grace
Knowing our place
The patience of a saint
Seeing scarlet
Setting free the crabs
A forest's last stand
Called out
A fist in the eye of God
Lily's chickens
The 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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- Barbara Kingsolver (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Publication Date: 2002
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Publisher: HarperCollins
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- Library of Congress: PS3561 .I496 S63
- Dewey: 814.54
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