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Kingsolver's new book
Kingsolver's new book







In a statement Tuesday, the release date for “Demon Copperhead,” Winfrey called Kingsolver's 560-page novel “the kind of epic you want to read this fall.” The book is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia and follows the life of a boy, born to a single, teenage mother, as he endures everything from foster care to drug addiction. 17.NEW YORK - Barbara Kingsolver's “Demon Copperhead,” a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' “David Copperfield,” is Oprah Winfrey's new book club choice. Winfrey will host an interactive gathering with Kingsolver and Oprah Daily Insiders on Nov.

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I could barely hold it together when she described my own book to me on the phone - her appreciation of the craft, the empathy, and how it touched her personally.”

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“Not just because of the powerful way she connects books and readers, but because of the reader she is, herself.

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“Getting that call from Oprah is the highest literary prize on the planet, if you ask me,” Kingsolver said in a statement. Her honors include a National Humanities Medal and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her past novels include “The Bean Trees,” “Flight Behavior” and “The Poisonwood Bible,” a Winfrey selection in 2000. Kingsolver, 67, has lived for years on a farm in southern Appalachia, and has long blended narrative drama and social commentary.

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NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Kingsolver's “Demon Copperhead,” a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' “David Copperfield,” is Oprah Winfrey's new book club choice.









Kingsolver's new book