Barbara Kingsolver

ISBN 10: 0792722337 / 0-7927-2233-7
ISBN 13: 9780792722335
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Publication Date: 1998

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Homeland and Other Stories: Synopsis

Homeland and Other Stories is an emotionally rich collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over northern California, the hills of Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells her stories of hope, momentary joy and powerful endurance. In each setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice, at times comic, but often heartrending, rings true as she explores the family ties and life choices one must ultimately make alone.

Review:

"The world Kingsolver creates is caring and keen on recycling....HOMELAND has too many homilies and while we can learn from them, take heed and gain insight into our relationships, they detract from the writing. There are good characters waiting for an opportunity to develop and they are crushed by the importance of the messages being delivered."

Raffaella Barker, Literary Review, January 1997

Review:

"Despite their contemporary dilemmas, these stories, with their quiet epiphanies and insistent hope, seem refreshingly old-fashioned....Barbara Kingsolver writes with compassion....Her empathy with characters she plainly loves, her understanding of their impossible situations, make HOMELAND a strong collection, in which cool observation is balanced by tenderness, anger by forgiveness."

Wendy Brandmark, Times Literary Supplement, 01/24/1997