Flight behaviour : a novel
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Published
London : Faber & Faber, 2013.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780571290802, 0571290809
Physical Desc
600 pages ; 20 cm
Status
Waseca Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
London : Faber & Faber, 2013.
Language
English
ISBN
9780571290802, 0571290809
Notes
General Note
"New York Times Bestseller"--Cover.
General Note
Originally published in the UK: London: Faber & Faber, 2012.
Description
Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at seventeen. Now, after a decade of domestic disharmony on a failing farm, she has settled for permanent disappointment but seeks momentary escape through an obsessive flirtation with a younger man. As she hikes up a mountain road behind her house to a secret tryst, but instead encounters a shocking sight: a silent, forested valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She can only understand it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders and the media. The bewildering emergency draws rural farmers into unexpected acquaintance with urbane journalists, opportunists, sightseers, and a striking biologist with his own stake in the outcome. As the community lines up to judge the woman and her miracle, Dellarobia confronts her family, her church, her town and a larger world, in a flight toward truth that could undo all she has ever believed.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kingsolver, B. (2013). Flight behaviour: a novel . Faber & Faber.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kingsolver, Barbara. 2013. Flight Behaviour: A Novel. London: Faber & Faber.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kingsolver, Barbara. Flight Behaviour: A Novel London: Faber & Faber, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kingsolver, Barbara. Flight Behaviour: A Novel Faber & Faber, 2013.
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