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With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Annemarie: Add a description of this character.
- Magda
- Lena
- Roberta
- Whitman
- Miriam
- Nathan
- Rennie
- Peter
- Rita
- Kay Kay
- Lydia
- Roxanne
- Nola
- Leon
- Grace
- Gilbert
- Mama
- Mary Etta
- Vonda
- Jack
- Mr. Wall
- Minnie
- Melinda
- Naomi
- Julie
- Clarence
- Verna
- David
- Danny
- Johnny
- Great Mam
- Laborie
- Tony
- Papa
- Lonnie
- Buddy
- Janice
- Aggie
- Tommy
- Ursula
- Manny
- Georgeann
- Donnie
- Manuela
- Doreen
- Reima
- Nestor
- Lute
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
My great-grandmother belonged to the Bird Clan.
Table of Contents edit
Homeland
Blueprints
Covered Bridges
Quality Time
Stone Dreams
Survival Zones
Islands on the Moon
Bereaved Apartments
Extinctions
Jump-up Day
Rose-Johnny
Why Am I a Danger to the Public
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barbara Kingsolver (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0060161124
Page Count: 244
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0060161124
Page Count: 244
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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