On-Your-Own Book Club

"Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver

No meetings, no deadlines, no pressure, just good reading! This month's title is "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. Pick up a copy of the book and information sheet at the CAV desk.

Enjoy fiction and nonfiction, large print, and audiobooks. Author information, questions to ponder, and readalikes are included with each book. 

Summary: The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

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. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration.

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of 10 bestselling works of fiction, including the novels "Unsheltered," "Flight Behavior," "The Poisonwood Bible," "Animal Dreams," and "The Bean Trees," as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work of narrative nonfiction is the enormously influential bestseller "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life". 

Readalikes include: "Don't Know Tough: A Novel" by Eli Cranor, "Betty: A Novel" by Tiffany McDaniel, and "In the Valley" by Ron Rash.

Running a book club? Check out our convenient grab-and-go Book Club To Go service for patrons in book clubs. Each BCTG canvas bag contains ten paperback copies of a book, with titles selected specifically for book clubs because of their discussion-provoking settings, plots, and characters. Since most books are reading club editions, patrons can take advantage of the discussion starters to keep their book club meetings lively.

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