#79 DEMON COPPERHEAD Barbara Kingsolver

DEMON COPPERHEAD

By Barbara Kingsolver

An epic story of a young man with the odds stacked against him in Appalachia, where the opioid epidemic is but one of a long series of difficulties faced by people in this poor region. An eye on the times, an ear for amazing dialog, description, and storytelling, and a heart for the heartbreak which stalks every action.

4.75 out of 5*

 

#80 HAMNET Maggie O'Farrell

 

HAMNET

by Maggie O'Farrell

 An imaginative treatment of love, death, struggle and loss of Shakespeare's eleven year old son Hamnet with a biopic view of the effect on the lives of his family, in particular his wife Agnes, and his most famous play.

3 out of 5*