Flight Behaviour

Ranked #2 in Tennessee, Ranked #4 in Global Warmingsee more rankings.

Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking parable of catastrophe and denial that explores how the complexities we inevitably encounter in life lead us to believe in our particular chosen truths.

Kingsolver's riveting story concerns a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factions—religious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicians—trapping her in the center of the conflict and...
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Dan Bloom The novel isn’t about global warming per se. It’s a fable, a poetic fable, with a strong cast of memorable characters. (Source)

James Bradley Flight Behaviour offers a counter-example to the argument social realism is not fit for purpose when it comes to climate change (Source)


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