Homeland

Barbara Kingsolver

Short stories originally published in 1989. The same quality of writing as Poisonwood Bible, but a different scale: the book is set in a small farming community in America. Very good characters and dialogue. Just one story, set in St Lucia, doesn't work so well as it breaks away from the theme.
Andrew 21/1/01

Short stories by the author of "The Poisonwood Bible", possibly the group's favourite book of last year. Evidence of a technique being honed but overall these stories, written ten years or more before "TPB" were fairly ordinary, though not bad.
Gavin 25/2/01

Barbara Kingsolver These are short stories which have all merged: none have stuck with me. Not as good as the novels.
Gill 06/05/01

By the same author

Pigs in Heaven
Prodigal Summer
The Bean Trees
The Poisonwood Bible

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