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May 16, 2019xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Two narration plots are interweaving ingeniously (beyond the characters names and chapter titles), though I was more entertained by sections of 19th century. Regardless of all too familiar scenes in modern time, I much prefer Thatcher to Willa. Each sentence she writes, even for a mundane state on the surface, should be savored. The accumulated effect can be overwhelming. Many people along with events cross stitched, the whole volume run the risk of a ball of mass materials nearly bursting at multiple seams. As much as Tig's experience in Cuba reminds me time in Trinidad, I wish I could hold the spillover. I'm in Kingsolver's league (aside from literate beauty, her chosen subjects show her deep responsibility, while her writings appeal to wide readership) totally, never mind lying prone, let her (overdone) social commentaries singing in the ears. A figurative shelter is a mere basic human need, once unsheltered (even by chance), try to be the hopeful who will strive to see a blue sky. The book may not ring a pleasant tone in sheltered mind searching for a secure and conventional solution to our social mires.