Gripping, important, moving. Kingsolver is a fantastic writer that took this novel so far from David Copperfield into something massively more. Relationships, addiction, grief, poverty, this novel not only covers the reality of a devastating period of recent American history but also asks and answers why. All the characters are full of life and charisma and I think I will miss many of them. 

Never be mean in anything. Never be false. Never be cruel. I can always be hopeful of you.