A young Appalachian mother stumbles upon a massive monarch butterfly migration, confronting climate change, faith, poverty, and her own restless desires.
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A young Appalachian mother stumbles upon a massive monarch butterfly migration, confronting climate change, faith, poverty, and her own restless desires.
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Written by Barbara Kingsolver, the Orange Prize-winning author of The Lacuna and million-selling The Poisonwood Bible, and brought to you by FaberShop, Flight Behaviour is a novel about catastrophe and denial. 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 that people have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged? The book delves into t...
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Sexual content
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Protagonist initiates a self-destructive extramarital affair; references to teenage pregnancy and marriage.
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Substance use
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Alcohol addiction is discussed as a theme.
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Religious content
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Explores tensions between religion, faith, and science in a rural community.
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Political content
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Central focus on climate change, denial, poverty, and class issues.
Self-harm / suicide
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Discussions of suicide appear in the narrative.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes include miscarriage/child death, poverty, and personal hardship.
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