{"product_id":"demon-copperhead-9780063251922","title":"Demon Copperhead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.\" --\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eUnsheltered \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFlight Behavior, \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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield \u003c\/em\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. \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063251922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara Kingsolver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342819463349,"sku":"9780063251922","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e8dd8d48-0002-4f71-a8a9-c3606d04fe8f.jpg?v=1661264042","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/demon-copperhead-9780063251922","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}