Barbara Kingsolver

Demon's story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking 'like a little blue prizefighter.' For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.

In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn't an idea, it's as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn't an abstraction, it's neighbours, parents, and friends. 'Family' could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he's willing to travel to try and get there.

On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?

A collection of short stories portraying hope, joy and powerful endurance, which evoke the compelling ties of love and family, firmly set in an American landscape.

This novel takes us on a journey from the Mexico City of Diego Rivera to the America of Pearl Harbor and FDR. It is the story of a man pulled between two nations. Orange/Baileys Prize.

In 1959 Nathan Price, an evangelical Baptist, takes his family on a mission to the Belgian Congo. The story of their naïve and tragic life is set against the bloodshed of the overthrow of colonialism, and is narrated by Nathan's wife and four daughters.

Through a long humid summer, the lives of two women slowly change. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife expert is caught off guard when a young hunter arrives at her mountain cabin. Meanwhile, lower down the mountain, a young widow, Lusa Landowski, decides to continue working her husband's farm in the face of opposition from her in-laws.

2016, Vineland: Willa Knox stands braced against the vicissitudes of her shattered life and family - and the crumbling house that contains her. She decides to investigate the history of her home, hoping that the local historical preservation society might take an interest and provide funding for its direly needed repairs. Through her research into Vineland’s past and its creation as a utopian community, she discovers a kindred spirit from the 1880s, Thatcher Greenwood.