- Fiction, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life
Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it's so unnerving that she's arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Barbara Kingsolver
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 488
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada, Limited, FABER & FABER OME MM, Faber & Faber, Limited
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062684745
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Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet.
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