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“What a great book. I had given up after Poisonwood Biible, which I found to be OK but nothing as good as Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven. Yet that's the one that won all the awards. This is definitely as wonderful as Bean Trees. I listened to Barbara Kingsolver read this on audio. Not every author can read - even their own work. However, she did an amazing job on this book; her voice is their voice. Wonderful. You don't get those great accents reading it for yourself but I...”
“I had to read the description of this book before I even remembered that I had read it. It also took me two or three starts before I could even get beyond the first few pages. The story just didn't stick with me.”
“So... I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this book so far, and I just have to say that Barbara Kingsolver is a wonderful wordsmith! Definately one of my favorite authors!”