Homeland: And Other Stories

Name: Homeland: And Other Stories
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Rating: 4.2 (691 reviews)
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN: 9780062277749

Barbara Kingsolver

4.2 out of 5

691 global ratings

“Extraordinarily fine. Kingsolver has a Chekhovian tenderness toward her characters. . . . The title story is pure poetry.” —Russell Banks, New York Times Book Review

With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels, acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from Northern California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice— at times comic, but often heartrending—rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone.

Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.

This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.

272 pages,

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First published May 6, 2013

ISBN 9780062277749

About the authors

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. She earned degrees in biology from DePauw University and the University of Arizona, and has worked as a freelance writer and author since 1985. At various times she has lived in England, France, and the Canary Islands, and has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia, Mexico, and South America. She spent two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving to southwestern Virginia where she currently resides.

Her books, in order of publication, are: The Bean Trees (1988), Homeland (1989), Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike (1989), Animal Dreams (1990), Another America (1992), Pigs in Heaven (1993), High Tide in Tucson (1995), The Poisonwood Bible (1998), Prodigal Summer (2000), Small Wonder (2002), Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands, with photographer Annie Griffiths (2002), Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007), The Lacuna (2009), Flight Behavior (2012), Unsheltered (2018), How To Fly (In 10,000 Easy Lessons) (2020), Demon Copperhead (2022), and coauthored with Lily Kingsolver, Coyote's Wild Home (2023). She served as editor for Best American Short Stories 2001.

Writing as Art and Activism

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023

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Barbara Kingsolver’s passion for justice and “right” is wonderfully articulated by the details of life and individual people so vivid you see and hear and smell the truths.

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Joan Lay

Real people

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2022

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Barbara Kingsolver has written about real people and I highly recommend this book. Her novel The Bean Trees got me hooked and she has never let me down.

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Edward J. Bohls

Gorgeous Prose

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021

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If you've read Barbara Kingsolver before, then you already know. I hadn't read her before now. I feel so lucky that I've now discovered her. So many more books of hers to read! This older collection of exquisite stories also includes an excerpt from a more recent novel, which I'm going to immediately purchase and continue reading.

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lauri

Be still my heart

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021

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I am in awe once again. “Don’t leave me”….. I about keeled over. Every story has touched me deeply. How is this possible? How can anyone write with such detail and constantly nail it.

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Vivian J. Bork

Beautiful writing from a wonderful author

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2023

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This is a book of short stories written about women’s lives. Kingsolver is unfailingly human, and captures the characters in a such a depth! You would recognize them on the street if you encountered them.

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good, not great

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024

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Not my favorite Kingsolver book, still a good read. I prefer her long character development, multi generational, over short reads.

Lostdog1

Liked the Format

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023

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I’ve been on a Kingsolver binge, and this was a nice break from novels. I think she does really well with the short story format. I didn’t give it the 5 star I’ve given most her novels because they didn’t give me quite the emotional satisfaction that novels can. Still really great writing.

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Kathryn Emerson

The BEST story is Homeland

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015

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The BEST story is Homeland. Poetic. Beautiful writing that BK is known for, wonderful story and characters that stay with you long after. The stories that followed I could not hear her voice; they were common. I love this author, this is early work yes, but get this just for the first story. Its perfect.

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Kindle Customer

Liked about half the stories

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2022

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Some of the stories were not my cup of tea even though Barbara Kingsolver is one of my all time favorite authors. Glad I read it and I did read every story except the excerpt from Unsheltered. I don't like reading excerpts. It's on my list of books to read which I will when I am in the mood. In the meantime, read Homeland and Other Stories for yourself and see what you think.

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Marijo

Great writing as usual, but nothing to tie it together

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022

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I love Kingsolver's writing. And these short stories are wonderful. Each one is like she was starting to write a novel and then got distracted. One last story unifying the whole thing would have redeemed it.

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