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Sheila (USA: NC) (2007/11/28):
I love, love this book. In fact this book was bought by my daughter, not realizing I already have my own copy that I am not parting with. There are certain books you develop a bond with like old friends and even though you have already read them and may or may not again, they will forever stay on your shelf. After reading this book, I got on a plane having never flown before in my life and went to Tuscon, AZ. I had to see it and I loved the city as much as the book.
Ingrid (USA: MA) (2007/12/02):
Codi Noline has spent her whole life feeling that she didn't belong, first at the urging of her father, and then at her own insistence. When she comes home to Grace, Arizona after her sister Hallie moves to Nicaragua (not to "save the world," but to follow what she hopes for - the "possibility that kids might one day grow up to be neihther the destroyers nor the destroyed"), she slips into her old, comfortable role of outsider. This story is about Codi finding out that she belongs.I was quickly caught up in this story, and especially touched by the relationship between Codi and her father, described most eloquently with small intervals written in his point of view. Kingsolver succeeded in making Grace a real place that I could see in my own mind's eye, and understand as though I'd been there myself. There are several key relationship stories told in this novel - each has a role in bringing the main character to her new enlightenment. There is real tragedy in this story, and the sadness it made me feel overwhelmed the positive. I'm not sure that was the intention of the author, but it serves to me as a reminder that we all need to take responsibility for our relationships with our loved ones and with our surroundings. Well done. ( )
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