{"product_id":"demon-copperheadbooks","title":"Demon Copperhead","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.\" --\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnsheltered\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlight Behavior,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It's the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efrom his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Kingsolver, Barbara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43876612276448,"sku":"","price":16.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction) (NEW)","offer_id":46110821581024,"sku":"","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/60506185.jpg?v=1676910988","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/demon-copperheadbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}