Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. Forced to move to a new city, with her strict... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Today is Barbara Kingsolver's 65th birthday. The author's absorbing works of fiction, memoir, nonfiction, and poetry weave together evocative, lyrical prose with themes of social justice and environmental activism. Read on to learn more about her.