This Sale is For One (1) Copy of Demon Copperhead Hardcover Book w/Jacket A Novel ~ Barbara Kingsolver Oprah's Book Club 2022 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers' Pick ~ Top 100 Books of the 21st Century Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer ~ with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair ~ a caustic wit ~ and a fierce talent for survival Relayed in his own unsparing voice ~ Demon braves the modern perils of foster care ~ child labor ~ derelict schools ~ athletic success ~ addiction ~ disastrous loves ~ and crushing losses Through all of it ~ he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities 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 In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South ~ Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion ~ and above all ~ his faith in the transformative powers of a good story Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys ~ and all those born into beautiful ~ cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind Author: Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 9780063251922Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 10/18/2022 This book is in very good condition ~ sat on a shelf ~ I do not believe anyone has even read the book Please view photos for a good description of this item Thank you!