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Small Wonder : Essays by Kingsolver, Barbara is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Small Wonder : Essays about?
In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. From its opening parable gleaned from recent news about a lost child saved in an astonishing way, the book moves on to consider a world of surprising and hopeful prospects, ranging from an inventive conservation scheme in a remote jungle to the backyard flock of chickens tended by the author's small daughter. Whether she is contemplating the Grand Canyon, her vegetable garden, motherhood, adolescence, genetic engineering, TV-watching, the history of civil rights, or the future of a nation founded on the best of all human impulses, these essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in those places, too. In the voice Kingsolver's readers have come to rely on--sometimes... Python function terminated unexpectedly [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor (Error Code: 1)
Who reads Small Wonder : Essays?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061437229
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (308 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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