HOMELAND - Faber & Faber

Over landscapes ranging from northern California and the urban Southwest to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Barbara KIngsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy and powerful endurance.In every setting her characters are bound by a strong sense of place and the compelling ties of love and family history. With disarmnig honesty - at times comic but often heartrending - Barbara Kingsolver creates a world of love and possibility into which the reader is irresistibly drawn.