![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. 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. 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. 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. There will not be a book signing at this event.ĭemon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. About this eventĬharis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Barbara Kingsolver for a celebration of Demon Copperhead: A Novel at the First Baptist Church of Decatur. From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity.īarbara will be speaking, reading and offering a question and answer session. Charis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver for a celebration of Demon Copperhead: A Novel. ![]()
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