It is summer in the Appalachian mountains and love, desire and attraction are in the air. On a farm several miles down the mountain, Lusa Maluf Landowski, a bookish city girl turned farmer's wife, finds herself marooned in a strange...

Story of a young girl growing up in rural Kentucky who is determined to move away and finds her life changed when she becomes the guardian of an abandoned baby girl. This American author has quite strong backlist sales from her previous...

The Poisonwood Bible von Kingsolver, Barbara

A story that is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but...

Flight Behavior von Kingsolver, Barbara

Demon Copperhead von Kingsolver, Barbara

The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the U.S. and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper...

"Demon Copperhead" von Barbara Kingsolver ist ein kraftvoller Roman, der die Geschichte eines Jungen namens Damon Fields erzählt, der im ländlichen Süden der USA aufwächst. Der Titel des Buches spielt auf Damons Spitznamen "Demon...

Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against a world which seems to hold little mercy for her and her family - or their old, crumbling house, falling down around them. Willa's two grown-up children, a new-born grandchild, and her...

Siebengestirn

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the bestselling and Orange Prize winning author. With a story that touches on class, poverty and climate change, it's set in the Appalachian Mountains. A big summer read for 2013, and Kingsolver...

To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master.' ***** 'A must read and heart-opening book.' ***** 'This book is not to be missed.' ***** 'Amazingly complex. von Kingsolver, Barbara