Kingsolver has also published a collection of short stories, Homeland, which I wrote about in 2020. For fifteen years, they ran the Meadowview Farmers’ Guild and Harvest Table Restaurant, which closed in September, 2022. Kingsolver co-wrote a book about her life on her farm in Virginia called Animal, Vegetable, Mineral with her husband and daughters. My personal favorite is The Poisonwood Bible, set in 1959 Congo, Africa.īarbara Kingsolver has lived in Kentucky and Arizona, the setting for The Bean Trees, in the Congo, the setting of The Poisonwood Bible, and Washington County, Virginia, in the region that Demon Copperhead is set. Her first novel is The Bean Trees, set in Arizona. She has published numerous novels, poetry collections, and works of nonfiction over the years. Who is Barbara Kingsolver?īarbara Kingsolver has published her short autobiography on her website, and that is the best way to find out about her. Note that many of the Kindle editions of public domain books on Amazon contain errors and omissions. The Norton Critical Edition, shown, includes extensive notes and background information. Note: The text link for David Copperfield takes you to Project Gutenberg, which is free as this novel is in the public domain. Many people are familiar with this topic already because of book/video tie-ins such as Hillbilly Elegy and Dopesick. As a resident of this area, Kingsolver knows it intimately.ĭemon Copperhead is an Oprah Book Club pick for October, 2022, which means there are plenty of copies around. Kingsolver sets Demon Copperhead in Appalachia, the mountains in the eastern United States, to highlight the similarity between Victorian England and this region.

Dickens’ purpose was to show what life was like for orphans in Victorian England.

Finally, it’s written by someone who lives in the area and knows it in intimate detail.ĭemon Copperhead is an updated version Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in southwest Virginia. It also packs a great story, drawn from one of the most famous novels in English. Table of Contentsĭemon Copperhead makes a great book club pick because it draws on current events in Appalachia. This 2005 image shows Pennington Gap, VA, near the area where Barbara Kingsolver lives and Demon Copperhead is set.

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