Small Wonder /
Kingsolver, Barbara.
Small Wonder / Barbara Kingsolver ; illustrations by Paul Mirocha. - 1st Perennial ed. - New York : Perennial, 2003, ©2002. - xvi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Essays Our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in both those places.
Illustrated catalog of wonders -- Foreword -- Small wonder -- Saying grace -- Knowing our place -- Patience of a saint -- Seeing scarlet -- Setting free the crabs -- A forest's last stand -- Called out -- A fist in the eye of God -- Lily's chickens -- The one-eyed monster, and why I don't let him in -- Letter to a daughter at thirteen -- Letter to my mother -- Going to Japan -- Life is precious, or it's not -- Flying -- Household words -- What good is a story? -- Marking a passage -- Taming the beast with two backs -- Stealing apples -- And our flag was still there -- God's wife's measuring spoons -- Acknowledgments.
Twenty-two optimistic essays cover such topics as nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the challenges of war, poverty, and violence.
9780060504083
2002276255
Essays.
Essays.
Essays.
Essays.
Small Wonder / Barbara Kingsolver ; illustrations by Paul Mirocha. - 1st Perennial ed. - New York : Perennial, 2003, ©2002. - xvi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Essays Our largest problems have grown from the earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards, and that answers may lie in both those places.
Illustrated catalog of wonders -- Foreword -- Small wonder -- Saying grace -- Knowing our place -- Patience of a saint -- Seeing scarlet -- Setting free the crabs -- A forest's last stand -- Called out -- A fist in the eye of God -- Lily's chickens -- The one-eyed monster, and why I don't let him in -- Letter to a daughter at thirteen -- Letter to my mother -- Going to Japan -- Life is precious, or it's not -- Flying -- Household words -- What good is a story? -- Marking a passage -- Taming the beast with two backs -- Stealing apples -- And our flag was still there -- God's wife's measuring spoons -- Acknowledgments.
Twenty-two optimistic essays cover such topics as nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the challenges of war, poverty, and violence.
9780060504083
2002276255
Essays.
Essays.
Essays.
Essays.