Chivers Sound Library American Collections (Audio): Small Wonder Lib/E : Essays (CD-Audio)

from CloggieDownunder

Small Wonder, Barbara Kingsolver's second book of essays, was written after the events of 9/11, and touches on subjects as diverse as Terrorism, why the world doesn't like America, Genetic Modification, Teenagers, Mothers, and Self-Sustainability. While I may not have agreed with every single wor...

from lilibrarian

A collection of essays assembled after 9/11/2001, where Barbara Kingsolver writes about her feelings and reactions, along with essays written earlier about her children and her own past experiences.

from mrstreme

Small Wonder is the second collection of essays I have read by Barbara Kingsolver. Like her first collection, High Tide in Tucson, this collection is heartfelt and thought provoking. Written in response to September 11, Kingsolver expresses her sorrow through her writing, covering a variety of su...

from sbsolter

I love Barbara Kingsolver and her collection of essays, Small Wonder was no exception. She covers a wide variety of topics such as the aftermath of 9/11, parenting, television, biodiversity, growing food, and patriotism, and through them all she shines a light on what it means to live a full, mea...

from HoladayB

Everyone alive today in 2009 should have this book as a MUST READ. Kingsolver so beautifully encapsulates the conditions going on in our world and our environment with what it means to be human: writer, friend, daughter, mother. But most importantly, she has tremendous facts in hand with the real...